Journalism

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PRESS FREEDOM AND DEVELOPMENT: A RESEARCH GUIDE AND SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY compiled by Clement E. Asante (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press “Bibliographies and Indexes in Mas Media and Communications,”; 1997—$75.00, ISBN 0–313–29994–3, 232 pp., subject and author indexes) THE ELECTRONIC GRAPEVINE: RUMOR, REPUTATION AND REPORTING IN THE NEW ON‐LINE ENVIRONMENT edited by Diane L. Borden and Kerric Harvey (Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum ‘Telecommunications”; series, 1997‐$49.95/29.95, 0–8058–2172–4, hard, ISBN 0–8058–2171–6, paper, 199 pp., diagrams, tables, references, index) SENTINEL UNDER SIEGE: THE TRIUMPHS AND TROUBLES OF AMERICA'S FREE PRESS by Stanley E. Flink ((Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1997—$28.00, ISBN 0–8133–3344‐X, 324 pp., notes, bibliography, index) PUBLIC JOURNALISM AND PUBLIC LIFE: WHY TELLING THE NEWS IS NOT ENOUGH by Davis “Buzz”; Merritt (Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum “Communication”; series, 1998— $39.95/19.95, ISBN 0–8058–2707–2 hard, 0–8058–2708–0 paper, 151 pp., references, index) PERSPECTIVES ON AMERICAN POLITICAL MEDIA by Gary C. Woodward (Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1997— price not given, paper, ISBN 0–205–26250–3, 256 pp., notes, tables, bibliography, index) THE PRESS ON TRIAL: CRIMES AND TRIALS AS MEDIA EVENTS edited by Lloyd Chiasson Jr. (Westport, CT: Greenwood/Praeger “Contributions to the Study of Mass Media and Communications No. 51,”; 1997— $59.95/22.95, ISBN 0–313–30022–4 hard [Greenwood], 0–275–95936–8 paper [Praeger]; also ISSN 0732–4456, 248 pp., notes, bibliography, index) BROADCAST JOURNALISM: TECHNIQUES OF RADIO & TV NEWS by Andrew Boyd (Newton, MA: Focal Press (Journalism Media Manual series), 1997—$37.95, paper, ISBN 0–240–51465–3, 414 pp., photos, diagrams, glossary, index) PICTURE EDITING: AN INTRODUCTION by Tom Ang (Newton, MA: Focal press (Journalism Media Manual series), 1996—$34.95, paper, ISBN 0–240–51469–6, 256 pp., photos, glossary, references, appendix, index) INFOGRAPHICS: A JOURNALIST'S GUIDE by James Glen Stovall (Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1997—price not given, paper, ISBN 0–205–26105–1,176 pp., photos, diagrams, glossary, index) WRITING RIGHT FOR TODAY'S MEDIA; A TEXTBOOK AND WORKBOOK WITH LANGUAGE EXERCISES by Paul Adams (Chicago: Nelson‐Hall, 1997—$32.95, paper, ISBN 0–8304–1456–8, 450 pp., script examples) INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING FOR PRINT AND BROADCAST by William C. Gaines (Chicago: Nelson‐Hall, 1997—$27.95, paper, ISBN 0–8304–1469‐X, 312 pp., photos, appendices, index)