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The Function of Newspapers in Society A Global Perspective
Shannon E. Martin, ed., David A. Copeland, ed.
ISBN: 0-275-97398-0
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-97398-8
192 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 6/30/2003
List Price: $79.95 (UK Sterling Price: £55.95)
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Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: 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.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword by John Merrill
    Introduction by Shannon E. Martin
    Newspaper History Traditions by Shannon R. Martin
    Arab Cultures and Newapapers by William A. Rugh
    African Continent Cultures and Newspapers by W. Joseph Campbell
    Asian Cultures and Newspapers by Bradley Hamm
    Pacific Rim Cultures and Newspapers by Rod Kirkpatrick
    Newspapers in Europe Before 1500 by Ralph Frasca
    Newspapers in Europe After 1500 by Tamara Baldwin
    Newspapers in the Americas by David A. Copeland
    Newspapers in the 20th Century by Tracy Gottlieb
    American Daily Newspaper Evolution by Donald Shaw and Charles McKenzie
    Conclusion by Shannon E. Martin
    Index
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.
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