No Sign of a Better Job: 100 years of British journalism
| Autor: | Anthony Delano |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
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| Zdroj: | Journalism Studies. 1:261-272 |
| ISSN: | 1469-9699 1461-670X |
| DOI: | 10.1080/14616700050028244 |
| Popis: | Journalism has changed radically in Britain since the early part of the 20th century when Mencken described it as ?a craft to be mastered in four days and abandoned at the first sign of a better job?. Delano summarizes findings from his long-standing research concern to chart the many developments in journalism by exploring: the burgeoning numbers of journalists; the impact of new technology on journalism; the shifting age, gender and ethnic minority composition of journalists; as well as the changing patterns of education and training for journalists and the emergence of journalism as a graduate profession. In some respects, the position of journalists has changed little across the last 100 years. At the end of the twentieth century journalists face similar problems to those that confronted them at its beginning: divided views on how their occupation might be organized and regulated and powerless to influence the increasing concentration of the media that employs them in the hands of omnipotent and indif... |
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