Current Events : Mass Media

Broadcast Journalism offers a critical analysis of the key skills required to work in the modern studio, on-location, or on-line, with chapters written by industry professionals from the BBC, ITV, CNN and independent production companies in the UK and US. Areas highlighted. include:. * Interviewing. * Researching. * Editing. * Writing. * Reporting. The practical tips are balanced with chapters on representation, ethics, law, economics and history, as well as specialist areas such as documentary and the reporting of politics, business, sport and celebrity. Broadcast Journalism concludes with a vital chapter on career planning to act as a springboard for your future work in the broadcast industry. Contributors: Jim Beaman; Jane Chapman; Fiona Chesterton; Tim Crook; Anne Dawson; Tony Harcup; Jackie Harrison; Ansgard Heinrich; Emma Hemmingway; Patricia Holland; David Holmes; Gary Hudson; Nicholas Jones; Marie Kinsey; Roger Laughton; Leslie Mitchell; Jeremy Orlebar; Claire Simmons; Katie Stewart; Ingrid Volkmer; Mike Ward; Deborah Wilson more...

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The changing face of Western European broadcasting provides a fascinating subject of study for the contemporary observer. In part this is because the structures of different national broadcasting systems have altered over the past few years with the growth of new radio stations and television channels. A by-no-means exhaustive checklist of such developments would include inter alia the creation of Channel 4 in Britain, the recent launching of Canal plus in France, the de facto establishment of private television networks in Italy, the introduction of a second channel in Ireland, the beginnings of regional television in Spain, the introduction of cable television in West Germany and its expansion in the Netherlands, as well as the legalisation of private local radio in France, Italy and Spain among others. more...

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This book explores the lifecycle of digital games. Drawing upon a broad range of media studies perspectives with aspects of sociology, social theory and economics, Aphra Kerr explores this all-pervasive, but under-theorised, aspect of our media environment. Written as an introductory text for media and game students this book aims present an overview of industry and scholary work on who makes games, where they get made, what kind of media and cultural form they are and who plays them and where. Digital Games looks at: -games as a new media form; -the design, development and marketing of games; -the use of games in public and private spaces. more...

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To be successful in today’s satellite communications marketplace, you know that business savvy counts as much as technical expertise. This informative new book gives you the management insight and expertise needed to successfully operate satellite systems as business ventures. Based on the author’s more than 25 years experience in developing and managing satellite systems, the book explains how to master the complexities of deploying satellite systems while reaching overall business objectives. more...

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This book is concerned with the media's role in everyday life, power relations and the construction of masculine identities in the context of prisons. It is based upon unique research into the nature, impact and consequences of a situation where most prisoners in English prisons have access to some media resource, whether radio or television, or with communal or individual access to it. Captive Audience charts for the first time the way in which prisons use media in coping -- or failing to cope -- with the pressures of prison life, exploring the impact of the media in terms of prisoner identities, shaping power relations between prisoners and other prisoners, and in helping prisoners 'get through' a prison sentence. At the same time this book raises a range of broader issues of theory and practice on the nature of the relationship between prisons, criminal justice systems and society more generally, and on the ways in which the media are conceived in everyday life. It will be of interest to all those concerned with prisons, criminology and the criminal justice system, the social role of the media, and the construction of identity. more...

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