TY  - BOOK
AU  - Langer,John
TI  - Tabloid television: popular journalism and the "other news 
T2  - Communication and society
SN  - 0415066360
AV  - PN4784.T4 L29 1998
U1  - 070.195 21
PY  - 1998///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Television broadcasting of news
KW  - Sensationalism on television
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 176-183) and index; 1; The Lament, the Critical Project and the 'Bad' News on Television --; 2; Of Paradigms, Pendulums and Media Power --; 3; Situating the 'Other News' --; 4; The Especially Remarkable --; 5; Victims --; 6; Communities at Risk --; 7; Will the Cycle Be Unbroken? Ritual, Tradition and the Past --; 8; Politics, Pleasures, 'Spin-offs' --; Appendix --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index
N2  - "Fires, floods, celebrity lifestyles, heroic acts of humble people, and cute acts by family pets. Sensational news seems to take up an increasingly large part of contemporary broadcast journalism, but it is regularly dismissed as having no place on our screens. In Tabloid Television, John Langer argues that television's "other news" must be recognized as equally important as "hard news" in the building of a comprehensive study of broadcast journalism. Using narrative analysis, theories of ideology, concepts from genre studies and detailed textual readings, "other news" is explored as a cultural discourse connected with story- telling, gossip, social memory, the horror film, national identity and the cult of fame. An eclectic and intriguing look at one of the most maligned areas of television news, Tabloid Television offers some interesting speculation about where the news might be heading."--Publisher description
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