Date of Award

4-5-1996

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

Communication

First Advisor

Dr. Hugh Cowdin

Abstract

The concept of public journalism has evolved only within the last five years, but already it has made an impact on journalist and scholars alike. Public journalism is a movement within newspapers that is trying to reconnect citizens with their newspapers, communities and political life. Public journalism is also a theory that encourages journalist to break from the conventional idea of detachment and show concern for whether public life is good.

Comments

A Thesis Presented to the Department of Communication and the Faculty of the Graduate College University of Nebraska In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Arts University of Nebraska at Omaha. Copyright 1996 Stacey J. Floersch.

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