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The Natural History of the News : An Epigenetic Study Hamilton, John Maxwell; Tworek, Heidi J. S.

Abstract

Scholars, editors, and reporters have tended to treat news and journalism as synonymous. This conception has privileged a particular kind of journalism often called the Anglo-American model. This study argues journalism has been a type of news reporting for a relatively brief period. Using the concept of epigenetics, the authors argue that journalism is usefully seen as a coating on the DNA of news, which has existed for centuries. Journalism emerged as a result of special factors. As powerful as the Anglo-American model was, it was never fully realized, nor could it become the regnant model throughout the world. Journalism will carry on, but along with many other types of news, all of which carry coatings from the past.

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Title
The Natural History of the News : An Epigenetic Study
Creator
Hamilton, John Maxwell; Tworek, Heidi J. S.
Date Issued
2016
Description
Scholars, editors, and reporters have tended to treat news and journalism as synonymous. This conception has privileged a particular kind of journalism often called the Anglo-American model. This study argues journalism has been a type of news reporting for a relatively brief period. Using the concept of epigenetics, the authors argue that journalism is usefully seen as a coating on the DNA of news, which has existed for centuries. Journalism emerged as a result of special factors. As powerful as the Anglo-American model was, it was never fully realized, nor could it become the regnant model throughout the world. Journalism will carry on, but along with many other types of news, all of which carry coatings from the past.
Subject
Anglo-American journalism; communication history; history of news; journalism; journalism education; journalism history; objectivity; professionalization; Robert Park
Genre
Article; Postprint
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2017-02-01
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0304567
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/58229
Affiliation
Arts, Faculty of; Non UBC; History, Department of
Peer Review Status
Reviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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