Amid the hand-wringing over the death of "true journalism" in the Internet Age—the din of bloggers, the echo chamber of Twitter, the predominance of Wikipedia—veteran journalists and media critics Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel have written a pragmatic, serious-minded guide to navigating the twenty-first century media terrain. Yes, old authorities are being dismantled, new ones created, and the very nature of knowledge has changed. But seeking the truth remains the purpose of journalism—and the object for those who consume it. How do we discern what is reliable? How do we determine which facts (or whose opinions) to trust? Blur provides a road map, or more specifically, reveals the craft that has been used in newsrooms by the very best journalists for getting at the truth. In an age when the line between citizen and journalist is becoming increasingly unclear, Blur is a crucial guide for those who want to know what's true.
Ways of Skeptical Knowing—Six Essential Tools for Interpreting theNews
1. What kind of content am I encountering?
2. Is the information complete? If not, what's missing?
3. Who or what are the sources and why should I believe them?
4. What evidence is presented and how was it tested or vetted?
5. What might bean alternative explanation or understanding?
6. Am I learning what I need?

This book is a revision of a versatile and unique text that is suited for introductory courses on the history of journalism and media and society, which are fundamental courses in undergraduate and graduate journalism/mass communication departments. The author's approach in this text is distinctive as he traces the history of the news from preliterate cultures to the current information explosion. Most importantly, he examines news in all of its manifestations - spoken, written, visual - from an international perspective. In this edition, Stephens broadens the scope of international coverage. expands the section on television news, and adds an entire chapter on the Internet and The Digital Revolution.

本书是资深记者写给普通公民的新闻消费指南。
在网络时代，面对脱口秀评论者和自媒体的众声喧哗，网站无休止的链接和添加，“真实的新闻”是否已经死亡？旧的权威已被推翻，新的权威正在被创造，我们获得信息的方式已经发生改变。但是寻找真实、可靠的信息，仍然是新闻媒介最重要的目标。同 时，这也是新闻消费者的目标。
在信息碎片化时代，我们该如何辨识哪些信息是谣传，哪些信息、观点是可信的呢？本书旨在回答上述诸多疑问，探讨信息文化正在发生着何种改变。它为所有的公民提供了一种路径导航——用六步质疑法分辨谣传，获得事实的真相。
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现在是新闻最多的时代，也是新闻最差的时代。我们似乎更容易看见“真相”，但追究真相更难。我们已经生活在一个全民新闻时代了，人人都可以发布新闻，但事实的真相反而难以辨别了。看起来，民众似乎掌握着前所未有的新闻控制权，但这也意味着民众自身必须拥有把握这种控制的能力。为了辨别真相，也是为了避免被操纵，“新闻素养”就应该成为公民素养的一部分，全民都要掌握必要的新闻知识。
——中国人民大学新闻学责任教授 陈力丹
中国进入平面、电视、互联、移动互联四大介质并存交融的全媒体年代。不管是平面的黄昏还是电视的衰落还是网络的分化，都不能阻挡一个时代的来临：受众掌握信息接收和发布权力。……中国经济社会透明度整体偏低，以至于谣言丛生，信号沦为噪声，即使媒体专业人士，也难免被诱惑和绑架。《真相》一书的价值在于立足全媒体时代，努力寻求一种更科学有效的方法，建构一种透过喧嚣、管制、利益的丛林，获得事实的能力。当然，这需要您本身拥有良知和常识。
——知名时评人、《工人日报》社会周刊编辑部主任 石述思
两个具有开创精神的记者有力地证明，当千变万化的信息迎面扑来，我们可以——而且必须——掌握促使伟大记者前进的怀疑精神。恰逢新闻业经历大变革之际，这本引人入胜、简明扼要的书告诉公民如何发现虚构的事实，分辨利益集团新闻中的中立信源，以及从句法上检验新闻。
——《纽约时报》华盛顿分社社长 迪恩•巴奎特

Bourdieu and the Journalistic Field is an exciting new text which builds on and extends Pierre Bourdieu's impassioned critique of our media-saturated culture. Presenting for the first time in English the work of influential scholars who worked with or were influenced by Bourdieu, this volume is the one and only book for Anglophone scholars seeking a more detailed elaboration of field theory in relation to the mass media. In his short book 'On Television', Bourdieu provided a powerful critique of the 'journalistic field', but what exactly does he mean by this? How does the journalistic field relate to external economic and political pressures? And what kind of autonomy can, or should, journalists expect to maintain? Such questions are taken up in case studies of such diverse phenomena as media coverage of the AIDS-contaminated blood scandal in France, U.S. youth media activism, and political interview shows on both sides of the Atlantic. Chapters by both American and French scholars also demonstrate methods for measuring field autonomy and spatially mapping journalistic fields, or discuss the similarities and differences between field theory, new institutionalism, hegemony, and differentiation theory. Rejecting all forms of dogmatism, the authors in this volume demonstrate why field theory remains a "work in progress," and indeed, a research paradigm whose promise has only begun to be tapped. The book includes an important and hitherto unpublished text by Pierre Bourdieu, 'Fields of Journalism, Social Science and Politics', and contributions from Rodney Benson, Patrick Champagne, Eric Darras, Julien Duval, Daniel Hallin, Eric Klinenberg, Dominique Marchetti, Erik Neveu, and Michael Schudson.

本书是一部媒体评论集。身为《经济观察报》主笔的作者许知远，从一个新闻从业者的视角， 以新闻写实的手法，聚焦《纽约时报》、《大西洋月刊》、《财富》、《经济学人》、《连线》等这些全球传媒巨擎，对它们的经营理念、发展历史、未来走向进行了有益的梳理、回顾、总结和展望，展现了这些传媒帝国的精英们的媒体精神。 新闻从业者、传媒行业相关人士、媒体研究人员，以及对传媒业感兴趣的业外人士。