[Commlist] New Paperback Version of Journalism and the Philosophy of Truth

ew paperback version of:
Journalism and the Philosophy of Truth: Beyond Objectivity and Balance
Publisher: Routledge (Routledge Research in Journalism)
Author: Jesse Owen Hearns-Branaman (United International College)

Description: This book bridges a gap between discussions about truth, 
human understanding, and epistemology in philosophical circles, and 
debates about objectivity, bias, and truth in journalism. It examines 
four major philosophical theories in easy to understand terms while 
maintaining a critical insight which is fundamental to the contemporary 
study of journalism. The book aims to move forward the discussion of 
truth in the news media by dissecting commonly used concepts such as 
bias, objectivity, balance, fairness, in a philosophically-grounded way, 
drawing on in-depth interviews with journalists to explore how 
journalists talk about truth.

https://www.routledge.com/Journalism-and-the-Philosophy-of-Truth-Beyond-Objectivity-and-Balance/Hearns-Branaman/p/book/9781138887459


The paperback version of my previous book is also available:

The Political Economy of News in China: Manufacturing Harmony
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield/Lexington

Description: This is the first full-scale application of Herman and 
Chomsky’s classic propaganda model to the news media content of a 
country with a system that is not outwardly similar to the United 
States. Jesse Owen Hearns-Branaman examines the news media of the 
People’s Republic of China using the five filters of the original model. 
He asks provocative questions concerning the nature of media ownership, 
the effect of government or private ownership on media content, the 
elite-centered nature news sourcing patterns, the benefits and costs of 
having active special interest groups to influence news coverage, the 
continued usefulness of the concepts of censorship and propaganda, the 
ability of advertisers to indirectly influence news production, and the 
potential increase of pro-capitalist, pro-consumerist ideology and 
nationalism in Chinese news media. This book will appeal to scholars of 
international media and journalism.

https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781498508841/The-Political-Economy-of-News-in-China-Manufacturing-Harmony


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