Open AccessREVIEW: Current affairs - endangered and facing an uncertain future
Author(s) -
Pippa Norris
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
pacific journalism review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.308
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 2324-2035
pISSN - 1023-9499
DOI - 10.24135/pjr.v12i1.854
Subject(s) - democracy , downtown , endangered species , political science , publishing , project commissioning , current (fluid) , media studies , law , sociology , engineering , history , politics , archaeology , electrical engineering , population , demography
This is a most important book especially for those concerned about the journalistic mission and its interplay with the effective functioning of democracy. The central question posed by Graeme Turner is whether there is a future for 'serious' current affairs, serious as opposed to the downtown market or tabloid fare which viewers are being treated to on both sides of the Tasman.