In our news-hungry society, where CNN is considered a staple of primetime viewing, journalists have become celebrities and often, political proxies. To a large degree, our world is shaped by their commentaries on everything from war to health care to trade. Hidden Agendas: How Journalists Influence the News is a no-holds-barred expos? of how the opinions of reporters decidedly shape the information we consider news.
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- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-201) and index
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- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 071/.1
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 21
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn---
- ISBN
- 9780774851879
- LCCN
- PN4908
- LCCN Item number
- M535 2003eb
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- CaBNVSL
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- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xii, 212 p.)
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- Canada
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- CaOOCEL
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- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
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- (CaBNVSL)gtp00521805 (OCoLC)123470174 (CaOOCEL)404231
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
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Table of Contents
- Contents 8
- Figures 9
- Preface 11
- PART 1 CONTEXT 14
- 1 Why Journalists? 16
- 2 Why the News? 37
- 3 Agents of Control or Agents of Change? 60
- PART 2 DATA 78
- 4 Who Staff Canada’s Media? 80
- 5 The Newsroom and Content Analysis 108
- PART 3 ISSUES 118
- 6 Economic Issues 120
- 7 Partition of Quebec 151
- 8 The Courts and Social Issues 158
- 9 Findings in a Shifting Mediascape 180
- Appendix A: Questionnaire 190
- Appendix B: Content Analysis Variables 199
- Notes 204
- References 206
- Index 215
- A 215
- B 215
- C 216
- D 217
- E 217
- F 218
- G 218
- H 219
- I 219
- J 219
- K 220
- L 220
- M 220
- N 221
- O 221
- P 221
- Q 222
- R 222
- S 223
- T 224
- U 224
- V 225
- W 225
- Z 225
