Overview

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 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 text 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 the concerns of the new media age, featuring: An expanded chapter on ‘Good Journalism is Popular Culture’ which engages with the key debates around tabloidization, infotainment and celebrity-driven journalism A new chapter about online journalism and the Internet Revisions throughout to take into account 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.

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Author:   Stuart Allan
Publisher:   Open University Press
Imprint:   Open University Press
Edition:   2nd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.40cm
Weight:   0.480kg
ISBN:  

9780335210732

ISBN 10:   0335210732
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   16 September 2004
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Replaced By:   0335235654
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Series editor’s forewordIntroduction: The culture of news 1. The rise of ‘objective’ newspaper reporting From smoke signals to daily newspapers The emergence of popular journalism Separating ‘facts’ from ‘values’ The toil of ink-stained hacks ‘Objectivity’ as a professional ideal Further reading 2. The early days of radio and television news BBC News on the ‘wireless’ The start of radio news in the USA The limits of ‘impartiality’: British television news US television news begins Further reading 3. Making news: truth, ideology and newswork Structuring public debate News values and frames Routinizing the unexpected A hierarchy of credibility Issues of access Further reading 4. The cultural politics of news discourse News and hegemony The common sense of newspaper discourse The language of radio news The textuality of television news ‘The obvious facts of the matter’ Further reading 5. News, audiences and everyday life Mapping the newspaper audience Sceptical laughter? Reading the tabloids ‘Decoding’ television news The everydayness of news Further reading 6. The gendered realities of journalism Feminist critiques of objectivity Macho culture of newswork Gender politics of representationFurther reading 7. ‘Us and them’: racism in the news Naturalizing racism Reporting law and order The enemy ‘Other’: journalism in wartime Al-Jazeera and the sanitization of war ‘Writing white’: ethnic minorities and newswork Further reading 8. Journalism on the web: September 11 and the war in Iraq News on the internet Reporting September 11 Citizen-produced coverage Searching for answers Blogging the war in Iraq The digital divide Further reading 9. ‘Good journalism is popular culture’ Ratings, profits and relevance Celebrities, tabloidization and infotainment Strategies for change Points of departure Further reading Glossary References Index

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Stuart Allan is Reader in Cultural and Media Studies at the University of the West of England, and editor of the Open University Press series Issues in Cultural and Media Studies.

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