[Media-watch] All the News That's Fit to Sell

[David Miller]

> > We are pleased to send you the following information about this
> > newly published book:
> >
> > All the News That's Fit to Sell
> > How the Market Transforms Information into News
> > James T. Hamilton
> >
> > To read a sample chapter, please visit:
> > http://pup.princeton.edu/titles/7604.html
> >
> >  That market forces drive the news is not news. Whether a
> > story appears in print, on television, or on the Internet
> > depends on who is interested, its value to advertisers, the
> > costs of assembling the details, and competitors' products.
> > But in All the News That's Fit to Sell, economist James
> > Hamilton shows just how this happens. Furthermore, many
> > complaints about journalism--media bias, soft news, and
> > pundits as celebrities--arise from the impact of this
> > economic logic on news judgments.
> >
> > To read the entire book description, go to:
> > http://pup.princeton.edu/titles/7604.html
> >
> > 0-691-11680-6 Cloth  $35.00 US and L22.95
> > 344 pages. 8 line illus. 70 tables. 6 x 9.

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