Democracy's detectives : the economics of investigative journalism / James T. Hamilton.
Democracy's detectives : the economics of investigative journalism / James T. Hamilton.
Democracy's detectives : the economics of investigative journalism / James T. Hamilton.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2016.
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G 2016/3380
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English
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x, 368 pages ; 25 cm
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text
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unmediated
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volume
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Economic theories of investigative reporting -- Detectives, muckrakers, and watchdogs -- What's the story? -- What's the impact? -- How is it produced? -- How is it supported? -- A single investigative reporter -- Accountability and algorithms.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2016.
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Massachusetts
Date Published
2016.
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Investigative reporting generates new information about important issues that someone is trying to keep secret. Impacts of this journalism can be high. Yet the costs of discovering and telling these stories may also be significant. Democracy's Detectives uses economic theories of information to explain both how institutions breakdown in predictable...
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Democracy's detectives : the economics of investigative journalism / James T. Hamilton.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2016/3380
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74VKVqjrwJZg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVqjrwJZg
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0674545508 hardcover alkaline paper
9780674545502 hardcover alkaline paper
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071.3
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991024010348202626
