Interpreting news

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Interpreting news

Graham Meikle

Palgrave Macmillan, 2009

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This core introductory text offers a comprehensive overview of how news has been theorised and understood in key Media Studies traditions. It explores how news is constructed, distributed and received and includes up-to-date examples and discussion of contemporary issues such as the uses of new technologies in news media.

Table of Contents

Introduction: News and Symbolic Power.- Defining News.- Know Your Product.- True Stories.- From Coffee-House to Cyber-Cafe.- Pay No Attention to That Man Behind the Curtain.- Here We Are, Now Entertain Us.-0 Totally Wired.- News 2.0?.- References.

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Details

  • NCID
    BB00621224
  • ISBN
    • 9781403933829
    • 9781403933836
  • LCCN
    2008034897
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Basingstoke
  • Pages/Volumes
    x, 226 p.
  • Size
    22 cm
  • Classification
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