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On television and journalism

Pierre Bourdieu ; translated from the French by Priscilla Parkhurst Ferguson

Pluto Press, 1998

  • : hbk
  • : pbk

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Note

Bibliography: p. 86-88

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

A corruscating attack on television - and on the 'collaboration' between intellectuals and the media which, Bourdieu argues, is leading to new and more invidious forms of dumbing down. Bourdieu examines the way in which apparently serious TV debate gives way to soundbite, as a series of talking 'experts' go through the motions of comment and consideration in increasingly self-referential circles. The result: banal and worthless drivel, shaped almost entirely by the imperatives of television ratings wars rather than any consideration of the truth. Television, Bourdieu claims, has now had a profound and largely detrimental effect not just on journalism, but on the formerly very separate worlds of art, literature, philosophy, politics, justice and even science - all of which are in danger of being forced to submit to what he describes as the 'commercial plebiscite' of audience ratings.

Table of Contents

Prologue - Journalism and Politics On Television Preface Part One - In Front of the Camera and Behind the Scenes Part Two - Invisible Structures and Their Effects The Power of Journalism Appendix - The Olympics - An Agenda for Analysis Translator's Note Bibliography Notes Index

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Details

  • NCID
    BA3568542X
  • ISBN
    • 0745313388
    • 0745313337
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Original Language Code
    fre
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    104 p.
  • Size
    21 cm
  • Classification
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