Burton St. John III is a professor of public relations at the University of Colorado-Boulder. He has authored and edited books on journalism, public relations, and propaganda. He has also published in the Journal of Communication Management, Journal of Mass Media Ethics, Journalism Studies, Public Relations Review, and Journalism Practice. Kirsten A. Johnson, an associate professor and chair of the department of communications at Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania, teaches broadcast news writing and television production. She has published in Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly and Learning, Media, and Technology.

“Recommended”—Choice; “essays examine how the traditional idea of objectivity is changing in journalism as professional journalists deal with the changing news environment”—Reference & Research Book News.

• Table of ContentsIntroduction: Challenges for Journalism in a Post-Objective Age      BURTON ST. JOHN III and KIRSTEN A. JOHNSON      Part I. Historical Perspectives      1. “Gagged, Mincing Neutrality”: Horace Greeley on Advocacy Journalism in the Early Years of the Penny PressDAXTON R. “CHIP” STEWART      2. The Pride and Reward of Falisfication: Post-Objectivity as Post-ResponsibilityAARON BARLOW      3. A New Model of Objectivity: Investigative Reporting in the Twentieth CenturyGERRY LANOSGA      Part II. Contemporary Examinations      4. Conversational Journalism and Journalist-Audience Relations: New Rules, New VoicesDOREEN MARCHIONNI      5. The Sociality of News Sociology: Examining User Participation and News Selection Practices in Social Media News SitesSHARON MERAZ      6. Why Contribute? Motivations and Role Conceptions among Citizen JournalistsDEBORAH S. CHUNG and SEUNGAHN NAH      7. Morality, the News Media, and the Public: An Examination of Comment Forums on U.S. Daily Newspaper WebsitesSERENA CARPENTER and ROBIN BLOM      Part III. Global Considerations      8. Post-Objectivity and Regional Russian JournalismWILSON LOWREY and ELINA ERZIKOVA      9. Journalism from the Perspective of “We”: How GroupMembership Shapes the Role of the Community JournalistJOHN A. HATCHER      10. Engagement as an Emerging Norm in International News Agency WorkJOHN JIRIK      Part IV. Objectivity and Theory      11. Why Objectivity Is Impossible in Networked Journalism and What This Means for the Future of NewsDAVID MICHAEL RYFE      12. Disrespecting the Doxa: The Daily Show Critique of CNN’s Struggle to Balance Detachment and ConnectednessBURTON ST. JOHN III      13. Gatekeeping in the Digital Age: A New Model for a Post-Objective WorldKIRSTEN A. JOHNSON      14. Contemporary News Production and Consumption: Implications for Selective Exposure, Group Polarization, and CredibilityETHAN HARTSELL, MIRIAM J. METZGER and ANDREW J. FLANAGIN      About the Contributors      Index

Burton St. John III is a professor of public relations at the University of Colorado-Boulder. He has authored and edited books on journalism, public relations, and propaganda. He has also published in the Journal of Communication Management, Journal of Mass Media Ethics, Journalism Studies, Public Relations Review, and Journalism Practice. Kirsten A. Johnson, an associate professor and chair of the department of communications at Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania, teaches broadcast news writing and television production. She has published in Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly and Learning, Media, and Technology.

“Recommended”—Choice; “essays examine how the traditional idea of objectivity is changing in journalism as professional journalists deal with the changing news environment”—Reference & Research Book News.

• Table of ContentsIntroduction: Challenges for Journalism in a Post-Objective Age      BURTON ST. JOHN III and KIRSTEN A. JOHNSON      Part I. Historical Perspectives      1. “Gagged, Mincing Neutrality”: Horace Greeley on Advocacy Journalism in the Early Years of the Penny PressDAXTON R. “CHIP” STEWART      2. The Pride and Reward of Falisfication: Post-Objectivity as Post-ResponsibilityAARON BARLOW      3. A New Model of Objectivity: Investigative Reporting in the Twentieth CenturyGERRY LANOSGA      Part II. Contemporary Examinations      4. Conversational Journalism and Journalist-Audience Relations: New Rules, New VoicesDOREEN MARCHIONNI      5. The Sociality of News Sociology: Examining User Participation and News Selection Practices in Social Media News SitesSHARON MERAZ      6. Why Contribute? Motivations and Role Conceptions among Citizen JournalistsDEBORAH S. CHUNG and SEUNGAHN NAH      7. Morality, the News Media, and the Public: An Examination of Comment Forums on U.S. Daily Newspaper WebsitesSERENA CARPENTER and ROBIN BLOM      Part III. Global Considerations      8. Post-Objectivity and Regional Russian JournalismWILSON LOWREY and ELINA ERZIKOVA      9. Journalism from the Perspective of “We”: How GroupMembership Shapes the Role of the Community JournalistJOHN A. HATCHER      10. Engagement as an Emerging Norm in International News Agency WorkJOHN JIRIK      Part IV. Objectivity and Theory      11. Why Objectivity Is Impossible in Networked Journalism and What This Means for the Future of NewsDAVID MICHAEL RYFE      12. Disrespecting the Doxa: The Daily Show Critique of CNN’s Struggle to Balance Detachment and ConnectednessBURTON ST. JOHN III      13. Gatekeeping in the Digital Age: A New Model for a Post-Objective WorldKIRSTEN A. JOHNSON      14. Contemporary News Production and Consumption: Implications for Selective Exposure, Group Polarization, and CredibilityETHAN HARTSELL, MIRIAM J. METZGER and ANDREW J. FLANAGIN      About the Contributors      Index