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Michael Schudson treats soberly and skeptically a great deal of what passes for wisdom about the press in popular opinion, academic research, and journalists " own self-understanding. The book "s ultimate objective is not to settle controversies involving the press, but to define them and to characterize the role that news institutions play in the formation of modern public consciousness. The Sociology of News is part of the Contemporary Societies seriesSchudson, Michael is the author of 'Sociology of News', published 2003 under ISBN 9780393975130 and ISBN 0393975134.
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