**POLCOMM PUBLICATION FRIDAY**
Check out this new volume on “The Press and Democratic Backsliding" edited by Thomas J. Johnson & Aaron S. Veenstra. and offers solutions like democracy-focused and solidarity journalism.
https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781666957495/The-Press-and-Democratic-Backsliding-How-Journalism-Has-Failed-the-Public-and-How-It-Can-Revive-Democracy
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The Press and Democratic Backsliding: How Journalism Has Failed the Public and How It Can Revive Democracy

This edited volume argues that journalists and other political communicators have allowed antidemocratic movements in the United States and elsewhere to metastasize within the body politic. It not...

Rowman & Littlefield
It explores how journalism’s focus on strategy & entertainment has failed democracy, covering aspects such as news production, the press & political actors, the role of local news, international perspectives, & a concluding section focused on solutions. …
Chapters range from topics focused on the role of photography, news reports on female candidates, conspiracy theories, the role of local elections, media ownership, news literacy, and how to foster solidarity in journalism. This is a highly timely contribution.
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