About this title: For ten years, Herbert J. Gans spent considerable time in four major television and magazine newsrooms, observing and talking to the journalists who choose the national news stories that inform America about itself. Writing during the golden age of journalism. Gans included such headline events as the War on Poverty, the Vietnam War and the ...
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Vintage, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780394743547ISBN:0394743547
Description: 0394743547 Trade Paperback. Corners of cover slightly bumped. Stamps on edges. Sticker inside front cover. Stamp on first end page. read more
Description: Good. 1980-Paperback----Used-Good-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Edition: 2nd Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon Books, New York
Date Published: 1979
ISBN-13:9780394503592ISBN:0394503597
Description: No Illustrations. Very Good. No Jacket. EX-LIBRARY. EXPECTED MARKINGS AND ATTACHMENTS. BLACK CLOTH COVER. INTERIOR PAGES CLEAN, BRIGHT AND TIGHT WITH LIBRARY STAMPS MARKED OUT. read more
Edition: 2nd Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon Books, New York
Date Published: 1979
ISBN-13:9780394503592ISBN:0394503597
Description: No Illustrations. Very Good in Very Good jacket. EX-LIBRARY. EXPECTED MARKINGS AND ATTACHMENTS. PICTORIAL DUST JACKET WRAPPED IN MYLAR. BLACK CLOTH COVER, LIGHT SHELFWEAR TO EDGES. INTERIOR PAGES CLEAN, BRIGHT AND TIGHT WITH LIBRARY STAMPS MARKED OUT. read more
Description: Used-Good. Good condition. clean pages; pen name first page; showing some shelfware and age; tight spine uncreased; store stamp inside cover; Reliable customer service and no-hassle return policy. read more
Edition: First Softcover Edition/Later Printing
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: A Vintage Books Publication By Random House Inc, New York NY
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780394743547ISBN:0394743547
Description: Fine. Not Issued With A Dustjacket. 393 Numbered Pages. 5 1/4" x 8" The pristine textblock of this handsome trade paperback first edition/later printing is completely clean, tight, square, carries no highlighting, underlining or marginalia, and shows only a whisper of having been thumbed-through and an owner's name to the upper half-title page. The brilliant primarily black covers are very clean, bright, uncreased and show only a trifling hint of transportation sign. read more
Description: Like New. Trade paperback. Like new; no internal markings; has lost its "Brand New" shine but no obvious defects. No remainder mark. No ownership markings. No spine creasing. In sealed plastic protection. 1980. Trade paperback. read more
Description: Octavo, softcover, Very Good to near fine in black and white wraps. 393pp including index. From the communication and society series. "Many outsiders have tried to study the press as 'participant observers' but no one has observed all of it as well as...Gans."...Edwin Diamond. This fascinating study of the unwritten rules of American journalism gives rare insight into how our society works and how our perceptions of it are formed. read more
"journ majors, you can't escape this, if you haven't been in an editorial meeting - this will give you the basics. sure it's outdated, but the basic mechanism didn't change much - even bloggers do it - they consult the one in the mirror..."
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