Postman, Neil,

How to watch TV news / Neil Postman and Steve Powers ; with new and updated material by Steve Powers. - Revised edition. - xiii, 178 pages ; 20 cm

Includes index.

Are You Watching Television, or Is Television Watching You? -- What Is News? -- Getting Them into the Electronic Tent -- Donuts, Big Foot, Mules, and the Bird -- Behind the Scenes: Nuts and Bolts -- The News Director -- Reenactments and Docudramas, or No News Is Still News -- The Bias of Language, the Bias of Pictures -- The Commercial -- Television in the Courtroom -- What Does It All Mean? -- What Can You Do? -- Where Do We Go from Here?. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.

0143113771 9780143113775

2008015156


Television broadcasting of news--Social aspects--United States.
Television broadcasting of news--Psychological aspects.--United States
Content analysis (Communication)

PN4888.T4 / P58 2008

070.43