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News / by Jackie Harrison.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Routledge introductions to media and communicationsAnalytics: Show analyticsPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2005Description: xi, 289 pISBN:
  • 0415319498 (hardback)
  • 0415319501 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 070.4 22
LOC classification:
  • PN4731 .H335 2005
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. Views about news : common sense, practitioner and academic -- 3. From ballads to broadcasting : the historical growth and development of news -- 4. The modern news ecology : technology, regulation, concentration and competition -- 5. News and society -- 6. News practice -- 7. News : character and audience -- 8. Possibilities and problems : trends in the future of news -- App. 1. Key events relating to the Hutton inquiry and report -- App. 2. A map of the multi-channel TV landscape -- App. 3. Concentration of the ITV sector -- App. 4. Concentration of the national press -- App. 5. Timeline of the Communications Act 2003 -- App. 6. TV news programmes.
Review: "What are the conflicting interests at work behind choosing what gets covered in the news, and how? Addressing these issues with examples across a range of media including print, radio, television and the internet, Jackie Harrison explains the different theoretical approaches that have been used to study news, as well as providing an accessible introduction to how news is produced and regulated, what counts as news and how it is selected and presented. Written in a clear style, News is the ideal introductory book for students of media, communication and journalism."--BOOK JACKET.
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Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 070.4 HAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A398030B
Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 070.4 HAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A323723B

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction -- 2. Views about news : common sense, practitioner and academic -- 3. From ballads to broadcasting : the historical growth and development of news -- 4. The modern news ecology : technology, regulation, concentration and competition -- 5. News and society -- 6. News practice -- 7. News : character and audience -- 8. Possibilities and problems : trends in the future of news -- App. 1. Key events relating to the Hutton inquiry and report -- App. 2. A map of the multi-channel TV landscape -- App. 3. Concentration of the ITV sector -- App. 4. Concentration of the national press -- App. 5. Timeline of the Communications Act 2003 -- App. 6. TV news programmes.

"What are the conflicting interests at work behind choosing what gets covered in the news, and how? Addressing these issues with examples across a range of media including print, radio, television and the internet, Jackie Harrison explains the different theoretical approaches that have been used to study news, as well as providing an accessible introduction to how news is produced and regulated, what counts as news and how it is selected and presented. Written in a clear style, News is the ideal introductory book for students of media, communication and journalism."--BOOK JACKET.

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