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Author:   Colin Sparks ,  John Tulloch ,  Barbie Zelizer ,  S Elizabeth Bird
Publisher:   Rowman & Littlefield
Imprint:   Rowman & Littlefield
Dimensions:   Width: 15.30cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.499kg
ISBN:  

9780847695720

ISBN 10:   0847695727
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   22 March 2000
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 Introduction: The Panic over Tabloid News Part 3 Part One: Are the Tabloids Taking Over? Chapter 4 1 Political Space and the Trade in Television News Chapter 5 2 Does Tabloidization Make German Local Newspapers Successful? Chapter 6 3 Tabloidization in the British Press: A Quantitative Investigation into Changes in British Newspapers, 1952-1997 Chapter 7 4 Thirty Years of Competition in the British Tabloid Press: The Mirror and the Sun, 1968-1998 Chapter 8 5 The Development of the Tabloid Press in Hungary Part 9 Part Two: Tabloid Journalism in Perspective Chapter 10 6 The Eternal Recurrence of New Journalism Chapter 11 7 The Home and Family Section in the Japanese Newspaper Chapter 12 8 Talking about the Tabloids: Journalists' Views Chapter 13 9 Tabloidized Political Coverage in the German Bild-Zeitung Chapter 14 10 Tabloidization, Media Panics, and Mad Cow Disease Part 15 Part Three: What Implications Does Tabloid Journalism Have for Society? Chapter 16 11 Audience Demands in a Murderous Market: Tabloidization of U.S. Television News Chapter 17 12 Literacy, Seriousness, and the Oprah Winfrey Book Club Chapter 18 13 Rethinking Personalization in Current Affairs Journalism Chapter 19 14 La Nota Roja: Popular Journalism and the Transition to Democracy in Mexico Chapter 20 15 Tabloidization, Popular Journalism, and Democracy

Reviews

Most rewarding.--James Boylan Columbia Journalism Review

This book is worth reading and the ideas in it worth exploring. European Journal Of Communication The book is an excellent source of theoretical discussion and well-supported research on tabloidization. Journal Of Communication This book--and its willingness to deal with implications--enables the reader to draw better conclusions than would be possible without it. Media Ethics The scope and range of these chapters are impressive. Media Ethics Most rewarding. -- James Boylan Columbia Journalism Review

This book is worth reading and the ideas in it worth exploring. European Journal Of Communication The book is an excellent source of theoretical discussion and well-supported research on tabloidization. Journal Of Communication This book-and its willingness to deal with implications-enables the reader to draw better conclusions than would be possible without it. Media Ethics The scope and range of these chapters are impressive. Media Ethics Most rewarding. -- James Boylan Columbia Journalism Review

Author Information

Colin Sparks is professor of media studies in the Centre for Communication and Information Studies at the University of Westminster. John Tulloch is chair of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Westminster.

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