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Download full textCarey, James W.; Sims, Norman – 1976
This paper describes an episode in the history of journalism that reveals a continuing tension in news reporting. Dating from the invention of the telegraph in the late nineteenth century, news reports have been increasingly patterned after either a "scientific" or a "literary" model. The scientific report is based on irreducible facts, high-speed…
Descriptors: Communications, Expository Writing, History, Literary Styles
