TY  - BOOK
AU  - Allan,Stuart
TI  - News culture
T2  - Issues in cultural and media studies
SN  - 9780335239009 (ebook)
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Maidenhead
PB  - McGraw-Hill/Open University Press
KW  - Journalism
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Objectivity
KW  - News audiences
KW  - Technological innovations
KW  - Media Studies
KW  - ukslc
KW  - Museology & heritage studies
KW  - thema
KW  - Cultural studies
KW  - Industry & industrial studies
KW  - Media studies
KW  - News media & journalism
KW  - lcsh
N1  - Previous ed.: 2004; Includes bibliographical references and index; Also available in printed form ISBN 9780335235650; Electronic reproduction; Askews and Holts; Mode of access: World Wide Web
N2  - 'News Culture' discusses the changing forms, practices and audiences of journalism. It provides an historical consideration of the rise of objective reporting in the media, and explores the presentation of the news and the cultural dynamics; News 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:An expanded chapter on news, power and the public sphereA chapter-length discussion of war journalism, tracing key factors shaping reportage from the battlefields of Vietnam to the current war in IraqA chapter on citizen journalism in times of crisis, including a number of examples where ordinary individuals have performed the role of a journalist to bear witness to tragic eventsThis book is essential reading for students of journalism, cultural and media studies, sociology and politics
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