Selected Articles & Book Chapters
On the dangers of native advertising:
"A type of counterfeit news as pernicious as the fabricated facts of 'fake news,' native advertising tries to fool the public not by pretending to be true but by pretending to be authentic."
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"While for well over a century critics of of the political economy of Western journalism...have worried about the corrupting influence of advertising on news, they must now also worry about the corrupting influence of advertising as news." READ>>
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On the privatization of press ethics:
"[J]ournalists have grown accustomed to a remarkably cramped view of ethics, one that insulates and isolates the press from the larger community in ways that render ethics an entirely private matter. Journalists act as though they and they alone ought to be the final arbiters of the morality of their own conduct, an altogether authoritarian understanding of ethics that only adds to the irony of an institution that preaches democracy but operates as an autocracy." READ>>
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On studying journalism:
"A formal education in journalism matters and succeeds as it engenders among students a certain quality of thinking about journalism, a state of preparedness that manifests itself in the eloquence students exhibit when called on to respond to questions about the value and purpose of what they do as journalists."
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"Interrogating the practice of journalism involves questioning journalism's customs and habits, its conventional wisdom, the common sense that gets passed down from one generation of journalists to the next. Understood as an excavation project, it digs beneath the cliches and platitudes that news-rooms use to ward off critics; it exposes the contradictions, tensions and paradoxes that time rationalizes away; it demonstrates that even journalism's most self-evident claims endure in history and not in nature." READ>>
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On public journalism:
"Nowhere is public journalism's disarray as a normative theory of the press more apparent than in its sheepish, equivocal and wholly inadequate claims about the authority of the press to set a public agenda."
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"The predicament of public journalism...is more or less the predicament of American journalism: how to reclaim a political purpose for a thoroughly depoliticized press, a press so far and for so long removed from politics that it can barely imagine, even in the name of reform, anything but the thinnest of roles for itself." READ>>
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On press accountability:
"Journalists' resistance to criticism, especially criticism intended to solicit a response from them, vivifies a professional ethos that discounts the value of debating in and with the public about about what goes on in and around the newsroom. Perhaps more so in the United States than elsewhere, the prevailing view of independent journalism represents the triumph of autonomy over account-
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"Written by and for professionals, codes of ethics normally serve to isolate professions by insulating their members from outside pressure; they protect professionals by letting practitioners decide for themselves and by themselves what matters in the realm of ethics. Codes circumvent accountability to the extent that they establish a priori a profession's norms of conduct. Unless these norms (and their application) are themselves open to question and unless practitioners agree to respond to questions that go beyond what codes cover, accountability amounts to little more than a debate over whether practitioners have met their own standards of practice." READ>>
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On Journalism and Multiculturalism:
"Ultimately, journalism diversity matters most as it strengthens the role of minority media in the struggle to achieve the social justice and political parity that a multicultural society demands." READ>>
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Theodore L. Glasser, "Articles That Matter: Barron, James A. Access to the Press -- A New First Amendment Right, 80 Harv. Law Rev. 1641 (1967)," Communication Law & Policy, 25, 3 (2020): 340-343.
Theodore L. Glasser, Sheng Zou and Anita Varma, "Native Advertising as Counterfeit News," in Melissa Zimdars and Kembrew McLeod, eds., Fake News: Understanding Media and Misinformation in the Digital Age, 87-93. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2020.
Theodore L. Glasser and Morgan Weiland, "On the Unfortunate Divide between Media Ethics and Media Law," in Clifford Christians and Lee Wilkins, eds., The Handbook of Media Ethics, 2nd ed., 59-72. New York: Routledge, 2020.
Theodore L. Glasser, Anita Varma and Sheng Zou, "Native Advertising and the Cultivation of Counterfeit News," Journalism, 20, 1 (2019):150-153. PDF
Theodore L. Glasser, "Public Journalism Movement," in Gianpietro Mazzoleni, ed., The International Encyclopedia of Political Communication, pp.1315-1320. Wiley-Blackwell, 2015. PDF
Theodore L. Glasser, "The Privatization of Press Ethics," Journalism Studies, 15, no. 6 (2014): 699-703. PDF
Theodore L. Glasser and Isabel Awad, "Journalism, Multiculturalism and the Struggle for Solidarity," in Clifford Christians and Kaarle Nordenstreng, eds., Communication Theories in a Multicultural World, pp. 273-292. New York: Peter Lang, 2014. PDF
Theodore L. Glasser and Timothy Gleason, "Introduction to the Summit Report: Freedom of the Press in the Twenty-First Century - An Agenda for Thought and Action," Communication Law and Policy, 19:1 (Winter 2014), 87-95. PDF
Theodore L. Glasser, "News, Inclusion and the Challenge of Civility," in Cornell W. Clayton and Richard Elgar, eds., Civility and Democracy in America: A Reasonable Understanding, 147-155. Pullman: Washington State University Press, 2012. PDF
James S. Ettema and Theodore L. Glasser, "A Ìntima Dependência Mútua Entre Fato e Valor,"Revista Brasileira de Ciência Política, 6 (Dezembro 2011): 249-276. PDF
Theodore L. Glasser, "Journalism and the Second-Person Effect," Journalism: Theory, Practice and Criticism,10, 3 (June 2009): 326-328. PDF
Theodore L. Glasser, Isabel Awad, and John W. Kim, "The Claims of Multiculturalism and Journalism’s Promise of Diversity," Journal of Communication, 59 (2009): 57-78. PDF
Theodore L. Glasser and James S. Ettema, "Ethics and Eloquence in Journalism: An Approach to Press Accountability," Journalism Studies, 9 (August 2008): 512-534. PDF
Excerpted as "A Philosophy of Accountability for Journalism," Media Ethics, 20,1 (Fall 2008): 3, 11-16. PDF WEB LINK
Reprinted in William Babcock, ed., Media Accountability: Who Will Watch the Watchdog in the Age of Twitter?, pp. 136-158. New York: Routledge, 2012.
Theodore L. Glasser, "Morality and Taste in Media Content," pp. 3160-3162 in Wolfgang Donsbach, ed., The International Encyclopedia of Communicationvol. 7. Oxford, UK and Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2008. PDF
James S. Ettema and Theodore L. Glasser, "An International Symposium on Investigative Journalism: Introduction," Journalism: Theory, Practice and Criticism, 8, 5 (October 2007): 491-494. PDF
Theodore L. Glasser, "Journalism Studies and the Education of Journalists," Journalism Studies, 7 (February 2006):146-149. PDF
Excerpted in Anne C. Osborne, ed., The Future of Journalism and Mass Communication Education, pp. 95-98. Baton Rouge: Manship School of Mass Communication, Louisiana State University, 2008.
Theodore L. Glasser, "Structure and Control of the American Press," pp. 333-336 in Geneva Overholser and Kathleen Hall Jamieson, eds., The Press. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.
Theodore L. Glasser and Marc Gunther, "The Legacy of Autonomy in American Journalism," pp. 384-399 in Geneva Overholser and Kathleen Hall Jamieson, eds., The Press. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. PDF
Theodore L. Glasser and Lise Marken, "Can We Make Journalists Better?" pp. 264-276 in Hugo de Burgh, ed., Making Journalists. London: Routledge, 2005. PDF
Theodore L. Glasser, "The Campus Press and Pernicious Speech: The Case Against Stupid Advertisements," Journalism & Mass Communication Educator, 59 (Spring 2004): 17-23. PDF
Theodore L. Glasser, "La Autorregulaci ón del Periodismo: El Papel de las Asociaciones Profesionales en una Sociedad de la Información," pp. 281-299 in José Vidal Beneyto, ed., La Ventana Global. Madrid: Santillana, UNESCO, 2002.
Theodore L. Glasser and Francis L. F. Lee, "Repositioning the Newsroom: The American Experience with ‘Public Journalism’," pp. 203-224 in Erik Neveu and Raymond Kuhn, eds., Political Journalism: New Challenges, New Practices. London: Routledge, 2002. PDF
Theodore L. Glasser, "The Newspaper Ombudsman and the Aim of Accountability in American Journalism," pp. 177-183 in Claude-Jean Bertrand, ed., Arsenal for Democracy. Cresskill, N.J.: Hampton Press, 2002. Originally as "L’ombudsman de Presse AuxÉstats-Unis," pp. 277-284 in Claude-Jean Bertrand, ed., L’Arsenal de la Démocratie. Paris: Economica, 1999.
Theodore L. Glasser, "The Motives for Studying Journalism," Journalism Studies, (2001) 2, 4: 623-627. PDF
Theodore L. Glasser, "The Politics of Public Journalism," Journalism Studies, 1 (November 2000): 683-686. PDF
Theodore L. Glasser, "Play and the Power of News," Journalism: Theory, Practice and Criticism, 1 (April 2000): 23-29. PDF
Theodore L. Glasser, "The Idea of Public Journalism," pp. 3-18 in Theodore L. Glasser, ed., The Idea of Public Journalism. New York: Guilford Press, 1999. PDF
Theodore L. Glasser and Peggy J. Bowers, "Justifying Change and Control: An Application of Discourse Ethics to the Role of Mass Media," pp. 399-418 in David Demers and K. Viswanath, eds., Mass Media, Social Control, and Social Change: A Macrosocial Perspective. Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1999.
Theodore L. Glasser and Stephanie Craft, "Public Journalism and the Search for Democratic Ideals," pp. 203-218 in Tamar Liebes and James Curran, eds., Media, Ritual and Identity. London: Routledge, 1998. PDF
Reprinted in Ecquid Novi: Journal for Journalism in South Africa, 19, 1 (1998): 7-23. PDF
Reprinted as "Kansalaisjournalismi ja Demokraattiset Ideaalit," Tiedotustutkimus [journal of the Finnish Association for Mass Communication Research], 20, 4 (1997): 22-36. PDF
Theodore L. Glasser and Stephanie Craft, "Public Journalism and the Prospects for Press Accountability," in Jay Black, ed., Mixed News: The Public/Civic/Communitarian Journalism Debate, pp. 120-134. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum, 1997. PDF
Excerpted in Journal of Mass Media Ethics, 11, 3 (1996): 152-158. PDF
Theodore L. Glasser, "Journalism's Glassy Essence," preface to a special section on The Language of News, Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 73 (Winter 1996): 784-786. PDF
Theodore L. Glasser, "Communicative Ethics and the Aim of Accountability in Journalism," pp. 31-51 in L. W. Hodges, ed., Social Responsibility: Business, Journalism, Law, Medicine, Vol. XXI. Lexington, Virginia: Washington and Lee University, 1995.
Charles T. Salmon and Theodore L. Glasser, "The Politics of Polling and the Limits of Consent," pp. 437-458 in Theodore L. Glasser and Charles T. Salmon, eds., Public Opinion and the Communication of Consent. New York: Guilford Press, 1995. PDF
Theodore L. Glasser and James S. Ettema, "The Language of News and the End of Morality," Argumentation, 8 (1994): 337-344. PDF
James S. Ettema and Theodore L. Glasser, "The Irony in – and of – Journalism: A Case Study in the Moral Language of Liberal Democracy," Journal of Communication, 44, 2 (Spring 1994): 5-28. PDF
Theodore L. Glasser and James S. Ettema, "When the Facts Don't Speak for Themselves: A Study of the Use of Irony in Daily Journalism," Critical Studies in Mass Communication,10 (December 1993): 322-338. PDF
Theodore L. Glasser, "Professionalism and the Derision of Diversity: The Case of the Education of Journalists," Journal of Communication, 42, 2 (Spring 1992): 131-140. PDF
Theodore L. Glasser, "Communication and the Cultivation of Citizenship," Communication, 12 (Spring 1991): 235-248. PDF
Theodore L. Glasser, "When Is Objective Reporting Irresponsible Reporting?" pp. 41-42, and "When Is a Promise Not a Promise?" pp. 107-108, in Media Ethics: Issues and Cases, P. Patterson and L. Wilkins, eds., Dubuque, Iowa: Wm.C. Brown, 1991; reprinted in second edition, 1994.
Theodore L. Glasser, David S. Allen, and S. Elizabeth Blanks, "The Influence of Chain Ownership on News Play: A Case Study," Journalism Quarterly, 66 (Fall 1989): 607-614. PDF
Theodore L. Glasser and James S. Ettema, "Common Sense and the Education of Young Journalists," Journalism Educator, 44 (Summer 1989): 18-25, 75. PDF
Theodore L. Glasser, "Three Views on Accountability," pp. 179-188 in E. E. Dennis, D. M. Gillmor, and T. L. Glasser, eds., Media Freedom and Accountability. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1989. PDF
Theodore L. Glasser and James S. Ettema, "Investigative Journalism and the Moral Order," Critical Studies in Mass Communication, 6 (March 1989): 1-20. PDF
Reprinted in Critical Perspectives on Media and Society, R. K. Avery and D. Eason, eds. New York: Guilford Press, 1991, pp. 203-225.
James S. Ettema and Theodore L. Glasser, "Narrative Form and Moral Force: The Realization of Innocence and Guilt Through Investigative Journalism," Journal of Communication, 38 (Summer 1988): 8-26. PDF
Reprinted in Methods of Rhetorical Criticism: A Twentieth Century Perspective, 3rd ed., B. L. Brock, R. L. Scott, and J. W. Chesebro, eds. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1989, pp. 256-272. WEB LINK
James S. Ettema and Theodore L. Glasser, "Public Accountability or Public Relations? Newspaper Ombudsmen Define Their Role," Journalism Quarterly, 64 (Spring 1987): 3-11. PDF
Theodore L. Glasser, "Press Responsibility and First Amendment Values," pp. 81-98 in Responsible Journalism, D. Elliott (ed.). Beverly Hills, CA: Sage, 1986. PDF
James S. Ettema and Theodore L. Glasser, "On the Epistemology of Investigative Journalism," Communication, 8 (Fall 1985): 183-206. PDF
Reprinted in Mass Communication Review Yearbook, Vol. 6, M. Gurevitch and M. R. Levy, eds. Beverly Hills, Calif.: Sage, 1987, pp. 338-361.
Reprinted in Journalism: The Democratic Craft, G. Stuart Adam and Roy Peter Clark, eds. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005, pp. 126-140.
Theodore L. Glasser, "On the Morality of Secretly Recorded Interviews," Nieman Reports, XXXIX (Spring 1985): 17-20. PDF
Ruth Ann Weaver and Theodore L. Glasser, "Survey Research for Legislative Relations," Public Relations Review, X (Summer 1984): 39-48.
Theodore L. Glasser, "Competition and Diversity Among Radio Formats: Legal and Structural Issues," Journal of Broadcasting, 28 (Spring 1984): 127-142. PDF
Reprinted in Mass Communication Review Yearbook, Vol. 5, M. Gurevitch and M. R. Levy, eds. Beverly Hills, Calif.: Sage, 1985, pp. 547-567.
Theodore L. Glasser, "Objectivity Precludes Responsibility," The Quill, February 1984, 13-16. PDF
Reprinted in Impact of Mass Media, R. E. Hiebert and C. Reuss, eds. New York: Longman, 1985, pp. 51-58;
Main Currents in Mass Communication, W. K. Agee, P. H. Ault, and E. Emery, eds. New York: Harper & Row, 1986, pp. 369-375;
The Mass Media: Opposing Viewpoints, N. Bernards, ed. St. Paul, Minn.: Greenhaven Press, 1988, pp. 25-31;
Philosophical Issues in Journalism, E. D. Cohen, ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992, pp. 176-185 PDF;
Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in Mass Media and Society, 2nd ed., A. Alexander and J. Hanson, eds. Guilford, Conn.: Dushkin Publishing Group, 1993, pp. 110-116;
Professions in Ethical Focus: An Anthology, Fritz Allhoff and Anand J. Vaidya, eds. Peterborough, Canada: Broadview Press, 2008, pp. 261-266; Professions in Ethical Focus: An Anthology, Fritz Allhoff, Jonathan Milgrim and Anand J. Vaidya, 2nd ed., 2021, pp. 109-113.
Harvey Jassem and Theodore L. Glasser, "Children, Indecency, and the Perils of Broadcasting: The 'Scared Straight' Case," Journalism Quarterly, 60 (Autumn 1983), 509-512. PDF
Harvey Jassem, Roger Desmond, and Theodore L. Glasser, "Pluralistic Programming and Radio Diversity: A Review and a Proposal," Policy Sciences, 14 (August 1982): 347-364. PDF
Theodore L. Glasser, "Ethics in Journalism," pp. 17-31 in B. Den Ouden (ed.), A Symposium on Ethics: The Role of Moral Values in Contemporary Thought. Washington, D.C.: University Press of America, 1982.
Theodore L. Glasser, "Play, Pleasure, and the Value of Newsreading,"Communication Quarterly, 30 (Spring 1982): 101-107. PDF
Theodore L. Glasser, "Resolving the Press-Privacy Conflict: Approaches to the Newsworthiness Defense," Communications and the Law, 4 (Spring 1982): 23-42. PDF
Reprinted in Privacy and Publicity, T. Kupferman, ed. Westport, Conn: Meckler, 1990, pp. 15-34.
Theodore L. Glasser, "The Aesthetics of News," ETC: A Review of General Semantics, 37 (Fall 1980): 238-247.
Theodore L. Glasser and Harvey Jassem, "Indecent Broadcasts and the Listener's Right of Privacy," Journal of Broadcasting, 24 (Summer 1980): 285-299. PDF
Theodore L. Glasser, "Newsworthy Accusations and the Privilege of Neutral Reportage," Communication Quarterly, 28 (Spring 1980): 49-56. PDF
Theodore L. Glasser, "The Idea of News," Grassroots Editor, 20 (Winter 1979): 5-6.
Thomas R. Donohue and Theodore L. Glasser, "Homogeneity in Connecticut Newspaper Coverage," Journalism Quarterly, 55 (Autumn 1978): 592-596. PDF
Theodore L. Glasser, "On Time-Compressed News," Journal of Broadcasting, 20 (Winter 1976): 127-132.
Theodore L. Glasser, "On Readability and Listenability," ETC: A Review of General Semantics, XXXII (June 1975): 138-142.