Watchdogs, Blogs and Wild Hogs: A Collection of Quotations on Media

Gordon S. Jackson

ISBN 10: 0923910247 / ISBN 13: 9780923910242

Published by New Media Ventures, Inc., 2006

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Hardcover and dust jacket in excellent, unmarked, next-to-pristine condition (slightest handling). 269 pages, 1500 quotations. [1.4 lbs].

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Watchdogs, Blogs and Wild Hogs: A Collection of Quotations on Media
• Publisher: New Media Ventures, Inc.
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0923910247
• ISBN 13: 9780923910242
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Reference

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Synopsis

"Watchdogs, Blogs and Wild Hogs: A Collection of Quotations on Media" is your guide to more than 1,500 media-related quotations covering nearly 50 topics, from Advertising to Writing. This unique resource includes quotes from diverse sources, including academics, celebrities, politicians, media practitioners and their critics. Some of the selections are provocative, some humorous, others historically significant, but each quotation contributes to a general understanding of media. In addition to the quotations, author Gordon S. Jackson provides commentary on the role of media and its influence on society. While shedding light on the power of the media in the 21st century, Jackson also addresses issues of credibility in both traditional and new media. The book provides keen insights on censorship, media bias, freedom of expression, and other important topics. Readers seeking a useful and authoritative reference on the media will benefit from having this book as a permanent part of their personal library.

About the Author

Gordon S. Jackson, a native of South Africa, received his undergraduate degree in that country, and later earned his M.A. in communications from Wheaton College in Illinois. He worked at a weekly news-magazine in Johannesburg before completing his doctorate in mass communication at Indiana University. He has written three other anthologies of quotes, including "Never Scratch a Tiger with a Short Stick," "Quotes for the Journey," and "Outside Insights." Jackson is a faculty member at Whitworth College and has served as a newspaper ombudsman in Spokane, Washington.