An edition of The language of journalism
(2000)
The language of journalism
by Melvin J. Lasky
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"The language of journalism is examined, its spelendors and miseries - including cliches and trivia, sensationalism and prurience, wit and witlessness, fiction and faction, pseudery and jabberwocky, scoops and hoaxes, racism and sexism, profanity and obsenity, virtue and reality, culture and anarchy - and the abuse of slang, style, and the habits of writing good prose."
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Language, Newspapers, Journalism, History of specific subjects, Media studies, Press & journalism, Popular Culture - General, Popular Culture, Press And Society, Social Science, Pop Arts / Pop Culture, German, Sociology, Communication, Language Arts & Disciplines / Communication, Policy Studies, Journalism, history, Journaux, Langage, Journalisme| Edition | Availability |
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The Language of Journalism: Volume One: Newspaper Culture
September 19, 2000, Transaction Publishers
Hardcover
in English
0765800012 9780765800015
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Table of Contents
v. 1. Newspaper culture
v. 2. Profanity, obscenity and the media
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (v. 1, p. 439-465) and index
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