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The Princely Press

Name: The Princely Press
Author: John Calhoun Merrill
ISBN: 9780761810353

by John Calhoun Merrill

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Overview

The Princely Press sets forth in an unusual manner some of the basic tenets of Machiavelli as they might apply to modern-day American journalism. The interview format permits Machiavelli (in 1520) to expound on such journalistic topics as journalists, journalistic power, press freedom and responsibility, self aggrandizement, objectivity, audiences, propaganda, ends and means, and ethics. Machiavelli's answers are based on his ideas about politics expressed especially in his two best-known works, "The Prince" and "The Discourses".

Author Biography: John C. Merrill is Professor Emeritus of Journalism at the University of Missouri, Columbia.

About the Author, John Calhoun Merrill

John C. Merrill is Professor Emeritus of Journalism at the University of Missouri, Columbia.

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Chris Sterling

What Merrill has done is to organize and pattern Machaiavelli's words into brief chapters...that apply the Italian's well-known views to the specific field of journalism.