How to Use This Book ix Introduction: Journalism’s Role in Democratic Society xi 1 Journalists: What They Do and Whom They Work For 1 Q1. Are Journalists Representative of the Population They Serve? 1 Q2. Can Anyone Be a Journalist? 7 Q3. Do Individual Journalists Have the Power to Decide What Is Published or Aired? 11 Q4. Are Journalists Objective? 17 Q5. Are Journalists Expected to Follow Any Formal Ethical Guidelines in Their Work? 22 Q6. Do Traditional Newspapers Still Play a Role in Modern Journalism? 28 Q7. Do Public Relations Professionals Influence Journalists? 34 2 News Media Law and Economics 41 Q8. Does the First Amendment Give Journalists Any Special Legal Rights? 41 Q9. Does the Federal Government Regulate News Media? 47 Q10. Is America’s News Media Landscape Dominated by Just a Few Corporations? 53 Contents
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