{"product_id":"9780745654287","title":"Can Journalism Survive? An Inside Look at American Newsrooms","description":"\u003ch1\u003eCan Journalism Survive?\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAn Inside Look at American Newsrooms\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDavid M. Ryfe\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage Arts \u0026amp; Disciplines \/ Journalism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJournalists have failed to respond adequately to the challenge of the  Internet, with far-reaching consequences for the future of journalism  and democracy. This is the compelling argument set forth in this timely  new text, drawing on the most extensive ethnographic fieldwork in  American newsrooms since the 1970s.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDavid Ryfe argues that journalists are unable or unwilling to  innovate for a variety of reasons: in part because habits are sticky and  difficult to dislodge; in part because of their strategic calculation  that the cost of change far exceeds its benefit; and in part because  basic definitions of what journalism is, and what it is for, anchor  journalism to tradition even when journalists prefer to change. The  result is that journalism is unraveling as an integrated social field;  it may never again be a separate and separable activity from the broader  practice of producing news. One thing is certain: whatever happens  next, it will have dramatic consequences for the role journalism plays  in democratic society and perhaps will transform its basic meaning and  purpose.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCan Journalism Survive? \u003c\/i\u003eis essential and provocative reading for all concerned with the future of journalism and society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e David Ryfe is Associate Professor of Journalism at the University of Nevada, Reno.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e01 October 2012\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePolity Press\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePolity\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780745654287\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e256\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e13.2\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Polity Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44380884500620,"sku":"9780745654287","price":23.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780745654287.jpg?v=1780236210","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9780745654287","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}