Contemporary mass communication scholars, as well as some journalists themselves, still debate whether journalism is, or even whether it should be, a profession. But certainly, during the past 250 years, journalism in America has evolved toward...

Journalism Since the early 1950s, computers have played a major role in journalism and mass communication. As early as 1956, computers were used to analyze political polling data and national election returns. In the beginning, only the largest media...

Due to the political significance of communication and propaganda in the PRC, journalists have long occupied a critical position between the Party-state and the populace. They play a crucial role in publicly legitimating the CCP even while often being...

Term for languages used specifically by journalists in newspapers or in news broadcasts. Journalistic language is not a uniform variety in the sense of a linguistic subsystem; rather, its features are conditioned by the structure of mass communication...

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At 3 p.m., this year's Pulitzer Prizes were announced at Columbia's Journalism School, and the Wall Street Journal was the only publication taking more than a single award. The Journal won two awards, for Public Service and International Reporting. Was it a coincidence that outgoing...

A new venture backed by philanthropies will start publishing investigative journalism articles beginning next year, looking to fill a gap being left as newspapers cut costs amid weak advertising.The organization, to be called ProPublica, will be headed by Paul Steiger, who was managing editor of...

A distinguished University of Missouri-Columbia journalism professor will no longer write a weekly newspaper column after admitting he plagiarized material from a student reporter.John Merrill, a professor emeritus at the university's School of Journalism, wrote a Sunday column for the Columbia Missourian, a community newspaper...

Add another item to the list of changes that the Murdoch era could usher in for The Wall Street Journal.Since March 2004, The Journal has maintained an exclusive partnership with the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House with which the paper collaborates...

Definitions and examples of yellow, propaganda and advocacy journalism in reporting past and present. Audience members need to judge the purpose of a story to determine if they are being manipulated or are being told the truth.

Discusses the legal aspects of news gathering in war, includes examples and legal cases. Explores how journalists are often confronted with the ethical and moral dilemmas of producing accurate, yet interesting stories.