The Sociology of News reviews and synthesises, not only what is happening to journalism, but also what is happening to the scholarly understanding of journalism. In the second edition, each chapter of the book has been updated to account for the radical changes that have reshaped the news industry o[...]

News is seen by some parties as being simply a form of information, mirroring the world, whereas others believe it is a form of propaganda, promoting a partisan view. Michael Schudson believes that news is really both and neither; it is a form of culture, complete with its own literary and social co[...]

Journalism does not create democracy and democracy does not invent journalism, but what is the relationship between them? This question is at the heart of this book by world renowned sociologist and media scholar Michael Schudson. Focusing on the U.S. media but seeing them in a comparative context, [...]