Investigative journalism : context and practice /
edited by Hugo de Burgh ; with Paul Bradshaw [and others].
- Third edition.
- 1 online resource (vii, 325 pages)
Context -- 1 Introduction: a higher kind of loyalty? -- 2 The emergence of investigative journalism -- 3 Thirty years of British investigative journalism -- 4 Some issues surrounding investigative journalism -- 5 Critical approaches to the media: the changing context for investigative journalism: -- 6 Globalising media agendas: the production of journalism -- 7 The English legal framework for investigative journalism -- 8 The regulatory and ethical framework for investigative journalism -- 9 Journalism and new technology -- PART 2 Practice -- 10 Investigating corporate corruption: an example from BBC's File on Four -- 11 Local power and public accountability: an example from the East Midlands -- 12 Scrutinising social policy: an example from Channel 4's Dispatches -- 13 Exposing miscarriages of justice: an example from BBC's Rough Justice -- 14 Gravedigging: the case of 'the Cossacks' -- 15 Pillaging the environmentalists: an example from The Cook Report -- 16 High politics and low behaviour: the Sunday Times Insight -- 17 Interfering with foreigners: an example from First Tuesday. PART 1
Investigative Journalism: Context and Practice explores the history, theory and practice of investigative journalism around the world. Starting with a history of investigative journalism and examining key events such as Watergate in the U.S. and the thalidomide scandal in the U.K., Hugo de Burgh and his colleagues explain how investigative journalism should be understood within the framework of the mass media, how it relates to the legal systems in the U.S., the U.K. and the European Union, the place of ethics in investigative journalism, and the influence of new technologies and the Internet on journalistic practices.
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Investigative reporting.
Journalism.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies
PN4781 / .I57 2021
070.4/3
Context -- 1 Introduction: a higher kind of loyalty? -- 2 The emergence of investigative journalism -- 3 Thirty years of British investigative journalism -- 4 Some issues surrounding investigative journalism -- 5 Critical approaches to the media: the changing context for investigative journalism: -- 6 Globalising media agendas: the production of journalism -- 7 The English legal framework for investigative journalism -- 8 The regulatory and ethical framework for investigative journalism -- 9 Journalism and new technology -- PART 2 Practice -- 10 Investigating corporate corruption: an example from BBC's File on Four -- 11 Local power and public accountability: an example from the East Midlands -- 12 Scrutinising social policy: an example from Channel 4's Dispatches -- 13 Exposing miscarriages of justice: an example from BBC's Rough Justice -- 14 Gravedigging: the case of 'the Cossacks' -- 15 Pillaging the environmentalists: an example from The Cook Report -- 16 High politics and low behaviour: the Sunday Times Insight -- 17 Interfering with foreigners: an example from First Tuesday. PART 1
Investigative Journalism: Context and Practice explores the history, theory and practice of investigative journalism around the world. Starting with a history of investigative journalism and examining key events such as Watergate in the U.S. and the thalidomide scandal in the U.K., Hugo de Burgh and his colleagues explain how investigative journalism should be understood within the framework of the mass media, how it relates to the legal systems in the U.S., the U.K. and the European Union, the place of ethics in investigative journalism, and the influence of new technologies and the Internet on journalistic practices.
9780429060281 0429060289 9780429595653 0429595654 9780429594366 0429594364 9780429593079 0429593074
Investigative reporting.
Journalism.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies
PN4781 / .I57 2021
070.4/3