Farrell, Mike,

Newspapers : a complete guide to the industry / Mike Farrell and Mary Carmen Cupito. - New York : Peter Lang, c2010. - viii, 229 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Just what is news anyway? -- The history of newspapers -- Why freedom of the press is essential -- The roles of a free press -- The role of the rural press -- Newspaper readership -- Newspaper ownership -- Newspaper ethics -- Newspapers and the law -- The newspaper meets the Internet -- The future (because there will be one).

9780820481531 (pbk. : alk. paper) 082048153X (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780820495095 (clothbound : alk. paper) 0820495093 (clothbound : alk. paper)


Press--United States.
American newspapers.

071.3 / FAR/N