Twilight of Press Freedom: The Rise of People's Journalism Book

	Foreword	xi
	Preface	xv
	Introduction: A New Spirit of Community	xvii
1	The Sunrise of Freedom	1
	The Pre-Enlightenment Spirit	2
	The German Aufklaerung	3
	Advent of Liberalism	4
	British Enlightenment	9
	The Philosophes of France	11
	18th-Century American Voices	14
	The Age of Sentiment: 19th Century	19
	Dimming of Enlightenment Freedom	24
2	Freedom From Freedom	27
	Needed: A New Press Concern	28
	Escaping Freedom's Lure	30
	No Global Embrace of Freedom	32
	Islam: A Religious Perspective	35
	Western Disenchantment	37
	Critics of Press Elitism	38
	Control by Communities	39
	Habermas' Ideal Speech Situation	40
	Positive Freedom in Community	41
	The Case for Freedom's Demise	42
	The First Amendment Problem	44
	Toward a Press Under Law	47
3	Order Out of Chaos	49
	Romanticism and Existentialism: Rise of Sentiment	51
	Postmodernism: Ally for Change?	53
	Toward "Retribalization"	57
	A More Democratic Authority?	58
	Community as Authority: A Word of Caution	60
	Name Game: Neoliberals and Neoconservatives	61
	Neoauthoritarianism	62
	The World Turns to Order	64
	The Order Paradigm	68
	Voices for the Community	69
4	The Communitarian Alternative	71
	New Movement Rising	72
	Restoration of Community	73
	An Antiliberal Movement	75
	Depreciation of Individualism and Freedom	78
	The "Rage for Order"	82
	John Dewey: A Forerunner	85
	Robert Nisbet: Cautious Advocate	86
	Amitai Etzioni: Responsive Communitarianism	87
	Robert Bellah: Communities of Memory	89
	Clifford Christians: Normative Solidarity	90
5	Anticipating Community	93
	Challenging the Liberal Paradigm	93
	History and Purpose	94
	Membership	96
	Shared Neoliberal Constructs	97
	Criticisms, Warnings, and Recommendations	100
	The Problem of Monopoly	102
	Technocrats and Middlebrows	103
	Impact on Journalism	104
6	Rise of Public Journalism	108
	"Community" Is the Mantra	109
	Voices of Dissent	110
	Community: Newsroom and Outside	113
	Shift in Journalistic Focus	116
	Participation in the Public Sphere	118
	Negating the Negative	121
	De-Objectifying Journalism	122
	Enthroning Responsibility	123
	What About Advertising?	124
	Everybody a Journalist	126
7	Talking Public Journalism	128
	Jay Rosen	129
	Davis "Buzz" Merritt	132
	Jan Schaffer	136
	Arthur Charity	141
	Editors Talking Public Journalism	144
8	Practicing Public Journalism	149
	Wichita Eagle	150
	Charlotte Observer	152
	Norfolk Virginian-Pilot	158
	Tallahassee Democrat	160
	KVUE (Austin, Texas) and the National Issues Convention	162
	ASNE Change Committee and "Project Reconnect"	165
	Imagine at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch	166
	Awarding Civic Journalism	167
9	The Waning of Press Autonomy	170
	The Muting of the Press	171
	Freeing the Vox Populi	173
	The People's Right to Know	175
	The People's Right of Press Access	177
	Press Councils and Ombudspersons	179
	The Internet	180
	Law and the Demise of Press Freedom	183
	Making the Media Pay	184
	Codes of Ethics: Normativity	185
	Enlarging Journalism's Scope	186
	Ideological Determinism	188
	Egalitarianism	190
	Epilogue: A Brief View Into the Future	193
	Farewell to Lockean Man	194
	Toward a Normative, Democratic Press	197
	A Bold, New Media World	197
	Communal Boosterism	198
	From Freedom to Responsibility	199
	References	202
	Author Index	211
	Subject Index	215
	About the Authors	219