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Whether tainted by suppression or hailed as a liberator of truth,
the news is integral to our daily life. From the earliest news
reporting over 500 years ago to today's 24-hour coverage of events
in print and online, on television and on social media, the scope
of news has altered drastically. Fast-evolving technologies and
attitudes have shaped not only how we make news, but how we consume
it. But what makes an event 'news'? Are we justified in our
scepticism about shocking images and inflammatory headlines? Or is
the news a vital tool, enabling worldwide activism movements such
as #BlackLivesMatter and enforcing necessary scrutiny of the ethics
of those in power? Breaking the News asks timely questions about
how reporting in Britain has written the narrative for pivotal
moments in history. Among them are a grisly seventeenth-century
murder, COVID-19 public information campaigns, the NSA leak by
Edward Snowden and the news media's treatment of celebrities.
Feature biographies also highlight influential news breakers
through history, including writer and abolitionist Olaudah Equiano,
photojournalist Mohamed Amin and environmental rights activist
Greta Thunberg.
Television is often accused of showing too much violence. However,
it is rare that anyone stops to ask what this statement means.
Violence on Television provides an objective analysis of the
violence on television, how much there is and what form it takes.
It presents findings from the largest ever sudy of the depiction of
violence on television carried out in Britain, funded by the
British Broadcasting Corporation and the Independent Television
Commission. As well as presenting a quantitative analysis of the
amount of violence on television, this research places great
emphasis on investigating the character of violent portrayals and
the contexts in which they occur. Barrie Gunter and Jackie Harrison
present a detailed literature review, which examines previous
research from around the world. They then explain the methodology
and look at the problems of measuring and quantifying violence on
television. They examine the specific attributes of violence,
including the form it takes, its physical setting, its motives and
consequences, and the nature of the characters involved as either
aggressors or victims. They also examine the amount and nature of
violent portrayals in different programme genres, such as films and
drama, entertainment programming, news and factual programmes, and
children's programmes. The book will be of interest to students and
researchers in psychology, communication studies and media studies.
The on-going constitutionalization of Europe has led to various
changes in media and communications, opening up areas of debate
regarding the role of traditional and new media in developing a
specific European public sphere as part of the wider European
Project. This timely volume addresses the little understood
relationship between old and new media, communications policy at
the European level, issues of regulation and competition within the
EU, the role of the European Parliament in media policymaking, and
the questions emerging about the sustainability of traditional
public service broadcasting. To understand the concrete
significance of these debates two contributions address specific
practical areas, i.e. the potential of online environments and
specific developments in European media contexts, such as channel
strategies, web-related services, iDTV and community networks.
Consequently, Mediating Europe provides an original and important
contribution to understanding the role of the media in shaping a
European public sphere.
The on-going constitutionalization of Europe has led to various
changes in media and communications, opening up areas of debate
regarding the role of traditional and new media in developing a
specific European public sphere as part of the wider European
Project. This timely volume addresses the little understood
relationship between old and new media, communications policy at
the European level, issues of regulation and competition within the
EU, the role of the European Parliament in media policymaking, and
the questions emerging about the sustainability of traditional
public service broadcasting. To understand the concrete
significance of these debates two contributions address specific
practical areas, i.e. the potential of online environments and
specific developments in European media contexts, such as channel
strategies, web-related services, iDTV and community networks.
Consequently, Mediating Europe provides an original and important
contribution to understanding the role of the media in shaping a
European public sphere.
From an author highly knowledgeable in the field, News is a handy
and accessible guide that examines the history of news, both as
newspapers and radio, and as entertainment and information, and
introduces students to the key concepts and issues that surround
the news. Using up-to-date case examples such as the Hutton Report
and embedded journalists, from across a range of media including
print, radio, television and the internet, Jackie Harrison explains
the different theoretical approaches that have been used to study
the news, as well as providing an accessible introduction to how
news is produced and regulated, what counts as news, and how it is
selected and presented. Topics covered include: introduction to the
concept of news the growth and development of news technology,
concentration and competition balancing freedom and responisibility
regulatory control of the news making the news. Written in a clear
and lively style, News is the ideal introductory book for students
of media, communication and journalism.
Concern about violence on television has been publicly debated for
the past 50 years. TV violence has repeatedly been identified as a
significant causal agent in relation to the prevalence of crime and
violence in society. Critics have accused the medium of presenting
excessive quantities of violence, to the point where it is
virtually impossible for viewers to avoid it.
This book presents the findings of the largest British study of
violence on TV ever undertaken, funded by the broadcasting
industry. The study was carried out at the same time as similar
industry-sponsored research was being conducted in the United
States, and one chapter compares findings from Britain and the
U.S.A.
The book concludes that it is misleading to accuse all
broadcasters of presenting excessive quantities of violence in
their schedules. This does not deny that problematic portrayals
were found. But the most gory, horrific and graphic scenes of
violence were generally contained within broadcasts available on a
subscription basis or in programs shown at times when few children
were expected to be watching. This factual analysis proves that
broadcasters were meeting their obligations under their national
regulatory codes of practice.
Concern about violence on television has been publicly debated for
the past 50 years. TV violence has repeatedly been identified as a
significant causal agent in relation to the prevalence of crime and
violence in society. Critics have accused the medium of presenting
excessive quantities of violence, to the point where it is
virtually impossible for viewers to avoid it. This book presents
the findings of the largest British study of violence on TV ever
undertaken, funded by the broadcasting industry. The study was
carried out at the same time as similar industry-sponsored research
was being conducted in the United States. The research groups kept
in contact, and one chapter compares findings from Britain and the
U.S.A. The book concludes that it is misleading to accuse all
broadcasters of presenting excessive quantities of violence in
their schedules. This does not deny that problematic portrayals
were found. But the most gory, horrific and graphic scenes of
violence were generally contained within broadcasts available on a
subscription basis or in programs shown at times when few children
were expected to be watching. This factual analysis proves that
broadcasters were meeting their obligations under their national
regulatory codes of practice. Contents: Preface. Violence on
Television: The Parameters of Concern. Issues of Measurement and
Analysis. Amount and Distribution of Violence on Television. Form
of Violence on Television. Motives and Consequences of Violence on
Television. Gender and Violence on Television. Children and
Violence on Television. Violence in Soaps. News Values and
Violence. Violence on Television in British and the United States.
Violence on Television andHelping the Audience.
Television is often accused of showing too much violence. However,
it is rare that anyone stops to ask what this statement means.
Violence on Television provides an objective analysis of the
violence on television, how much there is and what form it takes.
It presents findings from the largest ever sudy of the depiction of
violence on television carried out in Britain, funded by the
British Broadcasting Corporation and the Independent Television
Commission. As well as presenting a quantitative analysis of the
amount of violence on television, this research places great
emphasis on investigating the character of violent portrayals and
the contexts in which they occur. Barrie Gunter and Jackie Harrison
present a detailed literature review, which examines previous
research from around the world. They then explain the methodology
and look at the problems of measuring and quantifying violence on
television. They examine the specific attributes of violence,
including the form it takes, its physical setting, its motives and
consequences, and the nature of the characters involved as either
aggressors or victims. They also examine the amount and nature of
violent portrayals in different programme genres, such as films and
drama, entertainment programming, news and factual programmes, and
children's programmes. The book will be of interest to students and
researchers in psychology, communication studies and media studies.
Is news primarily for information or entertainment? Can reporting
ever be "objective?" What are the conflicting interests at work
behind choosing what gets covered in the news, and how? Addressing
these issues with examples across a range of media including print,
radio, television and the internet, Jackie Harrison explains the
different theoretical approaches that have been used to study news,
as well as providing an accessible introduction to how news is
produced and regulated, what counts as news, and how it is selected
and presented. Written in a clear and lively style, "News" is the
ideal introductory book for students of media, communication, and
journalism. Topics covered include:
* Introduction to the concept of news
* the growth and development of news
* technology, concentration and competition
* balancing freedom and responsibility
* regulatory control of the news
* making the news.
This landmark book is concerned with the civil power of the news.
This power can be seen in the ways the news engages with public
sentiment through a focus on three invariant civil concerns:
identity, legitimacy and risk. The book analyses how news stories
engage with these concerns to make civil and anti-civil judgements,
which influence public sentiment and determine the boundaries we
place and maintain around the society we live in. Through
historical and contemporary examples of this boundary shaping and
maintenance, The Civil Power of the News presents a bold and
original account of the architecture of news, the influence it has
on our conceptions of civility, and, ultimately, the power it
wields.
This landmark book is concerned with the civil power of the news.
This power can be seen in the ways the news engages with public
sentiment through a focus on three invariant civil concerns:
identity, legitimacy and risk. The book analyses how news stories
engage with these concerns to make civil and anti-civil judgements,
which influence public sentiment and determine the boundaries we
place and maintain around the society we live in. Through
historical and contemporary examples of this boundary shaping and
maintenance, The Civil Power of the News presents a bold and
original account of the architecture of news, the influence it has
on our conceptions of civility, and, ultimately, the power it
wields.
European broadcasting policy has attracted attention from many
disciplines because it has dual nature: cultural and commercial.
This book offers a detailed treatment of European broadcasting law,
set against an overview of policy in this area. In this respect the
authors identify tensions within the EU polity as regards the
appropriate level, purpose and mechanism of broadcast regulation.
Key influences are problems of competence, the impact of changing
technology and the consequences of increasing commercialisation.
Furthermore, the focus of the analysis is on the practical
implications of the legal framework on viewers, and the authors
distinguish both between citizen and consumer and between the
passive and active viewer. The underlying question is the extent to
which those most in need of protection by regulation, given the
purpose of broadcasting, are adequately protected.
European broadcasting policy has attracted attention from many
disciplines because it has dual nature: cultural and commercial.
This book offers a detailed treatment of European broadcasting law,
set against an overview of policy in this area. In this respect the
authors identify tensions within the EU polity as regards the
appropriate level, purpose and mechanism of broadcast regulation.
Key influences are problems of competence, the impact of changing
technology and the consequences of increasing commercialisation.
Furthermore, the focus of the analysis is on the practical
implications of the legal framework on viewers, and the authors
distinguish both between citizen and consumer and between the
passive and active viewer. The underlying question is the extent to
which those most in need of protection by regulation, given the
purpose of broadcasting, are adequately protected.
Terrestrial television news remains the key source of information
for understanding the complexity of the modern world. News is
reported according to specific cultural values. Such values form
the basic structure of the culture of news production. This book
attempts to understand the values and beliefs of news producers and
the culture within which they work. Using both empirical data and
analytical argument Jackie Harrison offers insights into news
agendas and news production and how they are changing in the
contemporary news environment. Harrison's work is timely given the
assaults on public broadcasting and the challenges confronting
terrestrial television news production and output in the late 20th
century.
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