The Function of Newspapers in Society: A Global Perspective - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0275973980 ISBN 13: 9780275973988

Publisher: Praeger, 2003

The demise of the newspaper has long been predicted. Yet newspapers continue to survive globally despite competition from radio, television, and now the Internet, because they serve core social functions in successful cultures. Initial chapters of this book provide an overview of the development of modern newspapers. Subsequent chapters examine particular societies and geographic regions to see what common traits exist among the uses and forms of newspapers and those artifacts that carry the name newspaper but do not meet the commonly accepted definition. The conclusion suggests that newspapers are of such core value to a successful society that a timely and easily accessible news product will succeed despite, or perhaps because of, changes in reading habits and technology.

Book Description:

Reviews the histories and uses of newspapers from a global perspective, finding that newspapers are an integral part of any successful society.

About the Author:

SHANNON E. MARTIN is Professor of Journalism at the University of Maine. She is the Author of Bits, Bytes and Big Brother: Federal Information Control in the Technological Age (Praeger, 1995) and Newspapers of Record in a Digital Age: From Hot Type to Hot Link (Praeger, 1998),

DAVID A. COPELAND is the A. J. Fletcher Professor of Communication at Elon University. A past president of the American Journalism Historians Association, he was named Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Virginia Professor of the Year in 1998.

• Publisher: Praeger
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0275973980
• ISBN 13: 9780275973988
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192
• Editor: Martin Shannon E., Copeland David A.