No longer newsworthy: how the mainstream media abandoned the working class PDF
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NO LONGER NEWSWORTHY NO LONGER NEWSWORTHY How the Mainstream Media Abandoned the Working Class Christopher R. Martin ILR Press An imprint of Cornell University Press Ithaca and London Copyright © 2019 by Cornell University All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in a review, this book, or parts thereof, must not be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher. For information, address Cornell University Press, Sage House, 512 East State Street, Ithaca, New York 14850. Visit our website at cornellpress.cornell.edu. First published 2019 by Cornell University Press Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Martin, Christopher R., author. Title: No longer newsworthy : how the mainstream media abandoned the working class / Christopher Martin. Description: Ithaca : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2019. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2018045179 (print) | LCCN 2018047961 (ebook) | ISBN 9781501735264 (pdf) | ISBN 9781501735271 (epub/mobi) | ISBN 9781501735257 | ISBN 9781501735257 (cloth ; alk. paper) Subjects: LCSH: Working class—Press coverage—United States. | Industrial relations—Press coverage—United States. | Labor unions and mass media—United States. | Journalism—Social aspects—United States. | Journalism—Political aspects—United States. Classification: LCC HD8066 (ebook) | LCC HD8066. M188 2019 (print) | DDC 070.4/493055620973—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018045179 For Bettina, Olivia, and Sabine Contents Introduction 1 1. Trump, Carrier, and the Invisible Worker 20 2. The Rise and Fall of Labor Reporting 47 3. The News Media’s Shift to Upscale Audiences 69 4. The Changing News Narrative about Workers 109 5. Workers and Political Voice 133 6. “Job Killers” in the News 163 7. Rethinking News about US Workers 180 Acknowledgments 209 Notes 213 Index 249 NO LONGER NEWSWORTHY
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