Why Journalism? A Polemic

<p>This new book from Toby Miller engages with journalism from within the cultural studies tradition addressing fundamental claims for the profession and its biggest contemporary challenges: critiques objectivity and insecurity. </p><p><i>Why Journalism? A Polemic </i>considers four key aspects of contemporary journalism in terms of theoretical relevance and historic tasks that are not usually considered in parallel:</p><ul> <li>Citizenship: political economic and cultural</li> <li>Environment: the climate crisis and reporters’ material impact</li> <li>Sports: the importance of the popular; and</li> <li>Technology: its former current and future significance</li> </ul><p>With examples drawn from Latin America Spain and France as well as the US and Britain the query animating these investigations returns again and again implicitly and explicitly: why journalism? Miller argues for an answer to that dilemma that will involve a fundamental shift in how reporters proprietors professors students and states view the profession. </p><p>This is essential reading for scholars and students of media and cultural studies as well as journalism studies.</p>