Books

Normative Theories of the Media:
Journalism in Democratic Societies (2009)
written with Clifford G. Christians, Denis McQuail, 

Kaarle Nordenstreng and Robert A. White.

 

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

 

Awards: Frank Luther Mott-Kappa Tau Alpha Award 

for Best Research-based Book on Journalism/Mass Communication  

 

Reviews:
Journal of Mass Media Ethics (2010) PDF       

Journalism: Theory, Practice & Criticism (2011) PDF

H-Net, Humanities & Social Sciences Online (2010) WEB LINK

Australian Journalism Review (2010)  PDF

The Idea of Public Journalism (1999)

 

Publisher: Guilford Press

 

Reviews:  
Canadian Journal of Communication (2000); WEB LINK

Political Science Quarterly PDF

The Southern Communication Journal (2002)

Critical Studies in Media Communication (2000)

Journalism and Mass Communication Educator (2000)

St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1999)

Custodians of Conscience: Investigative Journalism and Public Virtue (1998)

written with James S. Ettema

 

Publisher: Columbia University Press

 

Awards:  
Society of Professional Journalists' Sigma Delta Chi Award for Research About Journalism

 

Frank Luther Mott-Kappa Tau Alpha Award for Best Research-based Book on Journalism/Mass

Communication


Bart Richards Award for Media Criticism

  

Reviews:
The Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics PDF

Journal of Mass Media Ethics PDF

Columbia Journalism Review PDF

Philadelphia Inquirer PDF

Media Ethics PDF

The IRE Journal PDF

Public Opinion and the Communication of Consent (1995)

edited with Charles T. Salmon

 

Publisher: Guilford Press

 

Reviews:
The American Political Science Review PDF
Canadian Journal of Political Science PDF

Journalism & Mass Communication Educator (1996)  PDF

Media Freedom and Accountability (1989)

edited with Everette E. Dennis and Donald M. Gillmor

  

Publisher: Greenwood Press

 

Reviews:  
Communication Booknotes, 21, 1 (1990) 23-24  PDF

Editor & Publisher (1990)