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From Yahweh to Yahoo! : the religious roots of the secular press /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Underwood, Doug
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2002]
Colección:The history of communication.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Title Page
  • Copyright page
  • Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction: Journalism Facing Faith
  • PART 1: THE RELIGIOUS ROOTS OF THE MASS MEDIA
  • 1. Prophetic Journalism: Moral Outrage and the News
  • 2. The Profits of Reform: Printers, Capitalists, and the Priesthood of Believers
  • 3. Skeptics of Faith or Faith in Skepticism? Enlightening the Journalistic Mind
  • Mystics, Idealists, and Utopians: Journalism and the Romantic Tradition
  • 5. Muckraking the Nation's Conscience: Journalists and the Social Gospel
  • 6. Mencken, Monkeys, and Modernity: A New Metaphysic for the Newsroom7. Pragmatism and the Facts of Religious Experience: The Model for a Synthesis
  • PART 2: RESEARCH, RELIGIOUS BELIEFS, AND THE ETHICS OF THE PRESS
  • 8. Trusting Their Guts: The Moral Compass of a Doubters' Profession
  • 9. I Will Show You My Faith by What I Do: A Survey of the Religious Beliefs of Journalists and Journalists' Faith Put into Action
  • 10. Religion, Morality, and Professional Values: A Study of the Ethical Sources of Today's Journalists
  • PART 3: SECULARISM AND THE NEWSROOM SEARCH FOR SUBSTITUTE FAITHS11. The Cult of Science and the Scientifically Challenged Press
  • 12. The Mind of the Inquiring Reporter: Psychology and the Science of the Soul
  • 13. The Press, Politics, and Religion in the Public Square
  • 14. Foundations of Sand: Technology Worship and the Internet
  • 15. The Gospel of Public Journalism: The Newsroom Communitarians and the Search for Civic Virtue
  • PART 4: JOURNALISM AFTER JESUS
  • 16. Jesus without Journalists: Miracles and Mysteries, Minus Media Reports
  • 17. Visions of Mary and the Less Than Visionary Press: Religioius Apparitions in the Framing of the Modern Media18. Proselytizing and Profits: The Growth of Televangelism and the Collaboration of the Mainstream Press
  • 19. Pluralism and the Press's Blind Spots: The Coverage of Religious Diversity at Home and Abroad
  • Afterword
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index