TY - BOOK AU - Gavin,Neil T. TI - The economy, media, and public knowledge T2 - Studies in communication and society SN - 0718500954 AV - PN4784.C7 E36 1998 U1 - 070.44933 21 PY - 1998/// CY - London, New York PB - Leicester University Press KW - Journalism, Commercial KW - Mass media KW - Economic aspects N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; List of figures and tables --; List of contributors --; Acknowledgements --; Introduction --; 1; Economic news and the dynamics of understanding: the Liverpool project --; 2; The economy and public language --; 3; Television news and economic exposition --; 4; Press rhetoric and economic news: a case study --; 5; Television, economy and the public's political attitudes --; 6; Between state and market: the economy in Swedish television news --; 7; Economic journalism in the 1990s: the 'crisis discourse' in Sweden --; 8; Journalistic practice and economic reporting --; Economic news and the dynamics of understanding - a response --; Reporting the economy --; The unexplainable explained, or pure guesswork as 'truth' --; It's the economy, stupid! --; 9; Economic news research in retrospect --; Questions of research design in news reception analysis --; Generalization, reliability and validity in media research --; Economic significance, audiences and historical context --; Analysing respondent speech --; The mediated economy and new technology --; 10; Conclusions and reflections --; References --; Index N2 - Based on work done by the Liverpool Public Communication Research Group, this study assesses the general issue of the mediated economy and examines the impact economic news coverage has on the general public ER -