The Publisher-Public Official: Real or Imagined Conflict of Interest?

Daniel Riffe,Don Sneed

ISBN 10: 027594087X / ISBN 13: 9780275940874

Edité par Praeger December 1991, 1991

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• Titre: The Publisher-Public Official: Real or Imagined Conflict of Interest?
• Éditeur: Praeger December 1991
• Date de parution: 1991
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 027594087X
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780275940874
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: First Edition.
• Impression: First Edition
• État de l'article: Good
• État de la jaquette: No Jacket
• Signé: Signed By Author
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Synopsis

Social responsibility theory calls on the American press to serve as watchdog over powerful government and to provide a forum for robust democratic debate. Based on five current case studies, The Publisher-Public Official explores the extent to which politicians who simultaneously serve as newspaper editors or publishers fulfill this ethical duty. The book features interviews with the editors/publishers and with a sample of their readers, and provides results of a survey of readers who were asked whether it is possible to wear two hats and do both jobs effectively and responsibly. Newspaper articles and editorial pages are also examined for possible conflicts of interest in occupying two roles.

Veteran newspapermen Don Sneed and Daniel Riffe present an overview and history of the press's role as watchdog, outlining what professional ethical codes say about publishers' political involvement and offering perspective by today's newspaper group executives. Chapters 4 through 8 provide a composite portrait of the five publisher-public officials as seen through their own eyes and their readers' eyes. A final chapter details how extensive the phenomenon of publisher-public official is and offers concluding thoughts to the study. This illuminating work will be particularly useful to journalism professionals and educators, politicians, and political scientists.

À propos de l?auteur

DON SNEED is Professor of Journalism and chairman of the Department of Journalism at the University of Mississippi. He holds a Ph.D. from Southern Illinois University and has taught at Texas A&M University. He is a former editor at three daily newspapers in Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana.

DANIEL RIFFE is a Journalism Professor at the University of Alabama. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Tennessee and has taught at Southern Illinois University. He has extensive experience as a professional public relations writer.