Unit 1 Journalism:A Definition 1
Text A Twentieth-Century News Trends 10
Text B Forces Driving the Future of News 16
Unit 2 Separating Facts from Values 22
Text A Three Definitions of Propaganda 32
Text B News,Truth,and a Conclusion 35
Unit 3 Key Concepts of First Amendment 40
Text A The Privileged Position of the Press 50
Text B A Free Press and a Free Society 53
Unit 4 Some Background about the Problem 58
Text A News on the Internet 67
Text B The Challenges of the Informational Age 70
Unit 5 The Role of the Journalist 76
Text A Journalists-Professionals in a Market Culture 86
Text B Limitations of Professionalization 91
Unit 6 The Moral Law 96
Text A The New York Times Rule 106
Text B The Tug-of-War over the First Amendment 109
Unit 7 The Effects of Journalism Education 115
Text A Educating Journalists(1) 124
Text B Educating Journalists(2) 128
Unit 8 Options for Public Broadcasters 133
Text A Thatcher Multiple-Track Media Policies 143
Text B Radio as Corporate America 148
Unit 9 Dilemmas of Global TV News 152
Text A CNN and the Changing Definition of News(1) 160
Text B CNN and the Changing Definition of News(2) 166
Unit 10 New Media May Be Old Media s Savior 170
Text A News on the Air:A Sense of Decline 178
Text B The Fading American Newspaper? 182
Appendix Ⅰ Reference Translation of the Main Texts 188
Appendix Ⅱ Key to the Exercises 209
Appendix Ⅲ Tapescripts 221
Appendix Ⅳ Glossary 231