Media : Journalism

Recent works such as William Rugh, Arab Mass Media: Newspapers, Radio, and Television in Arab Politics (Greenwood, 2004, 264pp, £28.99), Mohamed Zayani (ed.), The Al Jazeera Phenomenon: Critical Perspectives on New Arab Media (Pluto Press, 2005, 224pp, £15.99) and Marc Lynch, Voices of the New Arab Public. Iraq, Al Jazeera, and Middle East Politics Today (Columbia University Press, 2006, 320pp, £16.00) do not address Arab journalism as a distinct field and a social ‘microcosm’; the proposed book also has the advantage of supporting its arguments with case studies. more...

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News Culture is an introduction to the forms, practices, institutions, and audiences of journalism. It begins with a historical consideration of the rise of ''objective'' reporting in newspaper, radio, and televisual journalism. It then explores the way news is produced, its textual conventions as a genre of discourse, and its negotiation by the reader, listener, or viewer as part of everyday life. The book also examines the cultural dynamics of sexism and racism as they shape different instances of news coverage. Building on the success of the bestselling first edition, this new edition addresses:. Concerns of the new media age, featuring an expanded chapter on ''Good Journalism Is Popular Culture''. Online journalism and the Internet. Feedback from lecturers who have used the first edition. This is a key text for undergraduate and postgraduate students in journalism, journalism studies, cultural and media studies, sociology, and politics. more...

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Written by two practitioner-academics (who between them have more than fifty years of news industry experience), News Values analyses the shape of the news industry - a world of rolling news and multimedia platforms, and a world where broadcast news is increasingly considered another element of show business. Detailed chapters include critiques of existing theories, close study of the newspaper, radio, television and internet news channels, plus informative chapters on the many factors that shape the news we read, watch and hear including the role of the citizen journalist, user-generated content, spin doctors, and the new wave of press barons. Further chapters provide detailed analysis of the way in which the same story is treated across different media channels, and how journalists and editors work to keep breathing new life into rolling news stories. more...

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Focusing on the period from the 1850s through the 1930s, the contributors show how issues of labor and class have been far more important in the formation of media institutions than previous accounts concede. These essays recover the history of ethnic and cultural diversity—including the contributions of women—that have enriched the process of communication. more...

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Ted Koppel, anchor of Nightline , is one of America's most intelligent and respected journalists. With this fascinating book, he finally lets us know the man behind the face we've trusted late at night for almost twenty years. Off Camera is a daily journal of the year that brought the twentieth century to a close--the year of Monica and Y2K, of shootings at Columbine, of the death of JFK, Jr. more...

Price: $14.00