Front Page Economics

Gerald D. Suttles, Mark D. Jacobs

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University of Chicago Press
15 March 2011

Financial crises & disasters; Press & journalism

Series: Emersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith

In an age when pundits constantly decry overt political bias in the media, we have naturally become skeptical of the news. But the bluntness of such critiques masks the highly sophisticated ways in which the media frame important stories. In Front Page Economics, Gerald Suttles delves deep into the archives to examine coverage of two major economic crashes—in 1929 and 1987—in order to systematically break down the way newspapers normalize crises.

Poring over the articles generated by the crashes—as well as the people in them, the writers who wrote them, and the cartoons that ran alongside them—Suttles uncovers dramatic changes between the ways the first and second crashes were reported. In the intervening half-century, an entire new economic language had arisen and the practice of business journalism had been completely altered. Both of these transformations, Suttles demonstrates, allowed journalists to describe the 1987 crash in a vocabulary that was normal and familiar to readers, rendering it routine.

A subtle and probing look at how ideologies are packaged and transmitted to the casual newspaper reader, Front Page Economics brims with important insights that shed light on our own economically tumultuous times.

By: Gerald D. Suttles, Mark D. Jacobs
Imprint: University of Chicago Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 24mm, Width: 16mm, Spine: 2mm
Weight: 510g
ISBN: 9780226781983
ISBN 10: 0226781984
Series: Emersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 15 March 2011
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Gerald D. Suttles is professor emeritus of sociology at the University of Chicago and adjunct professor of sociology at Indiana University. He is the author of several books published by the University of Chicago Press, including The Man-Made City: The Land-Use Confidence Game in Chicago.

Reviews for Front Page Economics

While the economy is well covered by the news media, that coverage has not been subjected to the level of scholarly scrutiny warranted by its importance as an aspect of public affairs. Carefully researched and clearly written, Front Page Economics offers an insightful analysis of the business beat and the explanatory strategies its journalists employ. - James S. Ettema, Northwestern University