Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
Preface
Part 1. News Pursued Modernism from Machine to Digital Times
1. Industrial News Became Modern
2. Stories Only Seemed Shorter
3. Longer News Turned Elite
Part 2. “Who”—People Disappeared as News Expanded
4. Groups Supplanted Persons
5. Authorities Replaced Others
6. News Gained Status but Lost Touch
Part 3. “What”—Events, the Basic Stuff of News, Declined
7. Events Dwindled in Print Stories
8. The “What” Waned in Broadcast News
9. Modern Events Resumed Online
Part 4. “Where”—Locations for News Grew More Remote
10. Local Lost Ground to Distant News
11. Newscasters Appeared Closer
12. News Traded Place for Digital Space
Part 5. “When”—The Now of News Pursued Modernism
13. The Press Adopted Linear Time
14. Newscasters Seemed More Hurried
15. News Online Reentered Modern Time
Part 6. “Why”—Against all Odds, Interpretation Advanced
16. The Press Grew More Interpretive
17. Broadcast News Became Less Episodic
18. Online News Reverted to Sense-Making
Part 7. News Transformed: So What and Now What?
19. Social Values Enabled Change
20. Modernism Exposed the Flaws of News
21. Realism Could Rekindle Hope
Notes
Bibliography
Index