News CultureNews Culture offers a timely examination of the forms, practices, institutions and audiences of journalism. Having highlighted a range of pressing issues confronting the global news industry today, it proceeds to provide a historical consideration of the rise of 'objective' reporting in newspaper, radio and television news. It explores the way news is produced, its textual conventions, and its negotiation by the reader, listener or viewer as part of everyday life. Stuart Allan also explores topics such as the cultural dynamics of sexism and racism as they shape news coverage, as well as the rise of online news, citizen journalism, war reporting and celebrity-driven infotainment. Building on the success of the bestselling previous editions, this new edition addresses the concerns of the news media age, featuring:
This book is essential reading for students of journalism, cultural and media studies, sociology and politics. |
Contents
| 1 | |
1 NEWS POWER AND THE PUBLIC SPHERE | 8 |
2 THE RISE OF OBJECTIVE NEWSPAPER REPORTING | 27 |
3 THE EARLY DAYS OF RADIO AND TELEVISION NEWS | 47 |
4 MAKING NEWS REPORTING TRUTHS | 70 |
5 THE CULTURAL POLITICS OF NEWS DISCOURSE | 94 |
6 NEWS AUDIENCES AND EVERYDAY LIFE | 121 |
7 THE GENDERED REALITIES OF JOURNALISM | 145 |
8 RACIAL DIVERSITY IN THE NEWS | 171 |
9 WAR REPORTING | 195 |
10 CITIZEN JOURNALISM IN TIMES OF CRISIS | 218 |
11 GOOD JOURNALISM IS POPULAR CULTURE | 245 |
| 272 | |
| 306 | |
Back cover | 312 |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
according actually appear argues attention audience become Britain British broadcast called cited citizen concerned continue course coverage critical culture daily debate defined definition described developments discourse discussion editors effect example experience expressed extent facts female forces frame further given groups Hall identify ideological images impartiality important interest issues journalism journalists language leading least lives maintains male matter means nature newscasts newspaper objectivity observes official opinion organizations particular political popular position possible practices present professional programmes question radio range readers reality regard relations reporting represented respect responsibility role rules sense shared significance social society sources specific stories suggest tabloid television tion truth turn types typically values viewers voices women writes