Presses and democracies / Daniel C. Hallin and Robert Giles -- American journalism in historical perspective / Michael Schudson and Susan E. Tifft -- The nature and sources of news / Robert M. Entman -- Definitions of journalism / Barbie Zelizer -- The minority press / Pamela Newkirk -- Journalism and democracy across borders / John Keane -- What democracy requires of the media / James Curran -- The marketplace of ideas / Robert Schmuhl and Robert G. Picard -- The agenda-setting function of the press / Maxwell McCombs -- The watchdog role / W. Lance Bennett and William Serrin -- Informing the public / Thomas Patterson and Philip Seib -- Mobilizing citizen participation / Esther Thorson -- Government and the press / Martha Joynt Kumar and Alex Jones -- Public policy toward the press / Timothy E. Cook -- The First Amendment tradition and its critics / Bruce W. Sanford and Jane E. Kirtley -- Legal evolution of the government-news media relationship / Jane E. Kirtley -- Communications regulation in protecting the public interest / Robert B. Horwitz -- Journalism and the public interest / Daniel Schorr -- The military and the media / William Prochnau -- Money, media, and the public interest / Robert G. Picard -- The market and the media / James T. Hamilton -- The press and the politics of representation / Mitchell Stephens and David T.Z. Mindich -- The legacy of autonomy in American journalism / Theodore L. Glasser and Marc Gunther -- What kind of journalism does the public need? / Carolyn Marvin and Philip Meyer -- The future of news, the future of journalism / John Carey and Nancy Hicks Maynard