Michael D. Murray – författare

This unique volume brings together original essays by well-known mass communication experts--master teachers--who provide practical information on teaching the communication and journalism courses in which they specialize. The authors make recommendations for practical/applied, theoretical, and advanced courses, representing every area of the mass communications curriculum. Its contributors include eminent specialists such as Maurine H. Beasley, who offers advice to teachers of media history; Dan Nimmo (political communication); Roy L. Moore (media law); Jay Black (media ethics); and John De Mott (media management). Chapter authors suggest course outlines, teaching strategies, and methods of testing, and provide reviews of current texts and supplementary materials such as films and other audio-visual aids.Chapter topics in part I, The Introductory Course, include The Beginning Course in Mass Communication, and introductory courses to broadcasting, public relations, the film course, and internship programs. Part II, Applied Coursework, includes chapters on writing news for print and broadcast, reporting, advertising campaigns, audio and video production, and teaching research methods. Part III, which deals with advanced coursework, includes chapters on courses in mass communication law, mass media management, and history, mass media and politics, media criticism, and media ethics. Teaching Mass Communication will prove vitally important to faculty with new preparations for mass communication courses (including senior faculty keeping up with changes), media professionals, and new faculty preparing their teaching assignments.

Thirty years after his death, Edward R. Murrow is still a cult figure in American broadcast journalism, and his company has achieved the distinction of standard bearer in the field of broadcast news. This examination of key CBS broadcasts and the people behind them that helped to establish the network as the prototype for excellence provides a unique perspective on the early era of broadcasting. Included are interviews with major contributors such as former CBS News presidents Fred W. Friendly and Bill Leonard. Going beyond personalities, the specific focus is on major broadcasts, from the early era up to the present-day 60 Minutes, some of which have been overlooked in spite of their formative role in helping CBS to gain its reputation in the field.

This fully revised seventh edition provides a thorough introduction to both the legal and ethical considerations relevant to students pursuing careers in media, law and communication.This comprehensive textbook integrates fundamental legal and ethical principles with cases and examples from both landmark moments and recent history. It incorporates discussion of new technologies and media throughout its coverage of core topics such as intellectual property, defamation and commercial speech. This edition introduces readers to media law in comparative international communication and explores topics such as data mining, artificial intelligence and the dark web. Coverage of recent court cases and congressional hearings bring readers up to date on the evolving discussion surrounding Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), TikTok and today’s other major online sources.This hybrid textbook is ideal for undergraduate and graduate courses in media and communication that combine law and ethics.Online resources, including sample syllabi and a test bank, are available at www.routledge.com/9781032612928.

This fully revised seventh edition provides a thorough introduction to both the legal and ethical considerations relevant to students pursuing careers in media, law and communication.This comprehensive textbook integrates fundamental legal and ethical principles with cases and examples from both landmark moments and recent history. It incorporates discussion of new technologies and media throughout its coverage of core topics such as intellectual property, defamation and commercial speech. This edition introduces readers to media law in comparative international communication and explores topics such as data mining, artificial intelligence and the dark web. Coverage of recent court cases and congressional hearings bring readers up to date on the evolving discussion surrounding Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), TikTok and today’s other major online sources.This hybrid textbook is ideal for undergraduate and graduate courses in media and communication that combine law and ethics.Online resources, including sample syllabi and a test bank, are available at www.routledge.com/9781032612928.

A recent Times-Mirror survey has shown that 65 percent of Americans prefer television over other news media for news coverage, an increase of 10 percent in just over a decade. To understand the enormous impact television news has had on American life, it is important to define the contributions made by various individuals in the field, as well as to recognize the news programs and broadcast journalism issues that have captivated, enlightened, and informed our nation. Never before have the forces and individuals of television news been so thoroughly and authoritatively examined.