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The baby boomer generation is heading toward their retirement
years, and uses of mass media - as well as the images portrayed in
these media - are already being influenced by this demographic
shift. This book comprehensively examines the linkage between media
and aging issues, addressing mass media theory and practice as it
relates to older people. Mass Media, an Aging Population and the
Baby Boomers explains why aging baby boomers are an important area
of mass media study, and reviews theory and research on
communication and gerontology. Authors Jeremy Lipschultz and
Michael Hilt focus on print media because older readers remain the
most important audience for this media. They also examine
television - one replacement for interpersonal communication - and
consider the topic of entertainment, since older people generally
have more available free time and use media for entertainment. They
explore the impact of aging on advertising and public relations,
and extend baby boomer media use to the Internet and new media. of
aging, and presents a view of older people as important players in
the political process because of the size of the demographic group.
Lipschultz and Hilt also address trends and predictions related to
baby boomers and mass media. This text is intended for upper-level
undergraduate and graduate courses in communication, gerontology,
sociology, and political science. It may be used as a primary or
supplementary reading, and can be combined with a more general
theory book.
This volume offers an analysis of crime coverage on local
television, exploring the nature of local television news and the
ongoing appeal of crime stories. Drawing on the perspectives of
media studies, psychology, sociology, and criminology, authors
Jeremy H. Lipschultz and Michael L. Hilt focus on live local
television coverage of crime and examine its irresistibility to
viewers and its impact on society's perceptions of itself. They
place local television news in its theoretical and historical
contexts, and consider it through the lens of legal, ethical,
racial, aging, and technological concerns.
In its comprehensive examination of how local television newsrooms
around the country address coverage of crime, this compelling work
discusses such controversial issues as the use of crime coverage to
build ratings, and considers new models for reform of local TV
newscasts. The volume includes national survey data from news
managers and content analyses from late night newscasts in a range
of markets, and integrates the theory and practice of local
television news into the discussion. Lipschultz and Hilt also
project the future of local television news and predict the impact
of social and technological changes on news.
As a provocative look at the factors and forces shaping local news
and crime coverage, "Crime and Local Television News" makes an
important contribution to the discussions taking place in broadcast
journalism, mass communication, media and society, and theory and
research courses. It will also interest all who consider the impact
of local news content and coverage.
This volume offers an analysis of crime coverage on local
television, exploring the nature of local television news and the
ongoing appeal of crime stories. Drawing on the perspectives of
media studies, psychology, sociology, and criminology, authors
Jeremy H. Lipschultz and Michael L. Hilt focus on live local
television coverage of crime and examine its irresistibility to
viewers and its impact on society's perceptions of itself. They
place local television news in its theoretical and historical
contexts, and consider it through the lens of legal, ethical,
racial, aging, and technological concerns.
In its comprehensive examination of how local television newsrooms
around the country address coverage of crime, this compelling work
discusses such controversial issues as the use of crime coverage to
build ratings, and considers new models for reform of local TV
newscasts. The volume includes national survey data from news
managers and content analyses from late night newscasts in a range
of markets, and integrates the theory and practice of local
television news into the discussion. Lipschultz and Hilt also
project the future of local television news and predict the impact
of social and technological changes on news.
As a provocative look at the factors and forces shaping local news
and crime coverage, "Crime and Local Television News" makes an
important contribution to the discussions taking place in broadcast
journalism, mass communication, media and society, and theory and
research courses. It will also interest all who consider the impact
of local news content and coverage.
This concise survey investigates the television general managers'
and news directors' attitudes towards the elderly in the United
States. Originally published in 1997, it raises important issues of
ageing in relation to the media with specific focus on the older
viewer's status as a viewing audience of the news and how they are
presented in the news. This is still useful food for thought for
gerontologists, mass communication researchers, social
psychologists and media studies researchers.
This concise survey investigates the television general managers'
and news directors' attitudes towards the elderly in the United
States. Originally published in 1997, it raises important issues of
ageing in relation to the media with specific focus on the older
viewer's status as a viewing audience of the news and how they are
presented in the news. This is still useful food for thought for
gerontologists, mass communication researchers, social
psychologists and media studies researchers.
As the oldest members of the baby boomer generation head into their
retirement years, this demographic shift is having a substantial
influence on uses of mass media, as well as the images portrayed in
these media. Mass Media, An Aging Population, and the Baby Boomers
provides a comprehensive examination of the relationship between
media and aging issues, addressing mass media theory and practice
as it relates to older Americans. Reviewing current research on
communication and gerontology, authors Michael Hilt and Jeremy
Lipschultz focus on aging baby boomers and their experiences with
television, radio, print media, entertainment, advertising and
public relations, along with the Internet and new media. They draw
from studies about health and sexuality to understand views of
aging, and present a view of older people as important players in
the political process. Hilt and Lipschultz conclude the volume by
addressing trends and making predictions related to baby boomers
and mass media. Providing a timely and insightful examination of
the linkage between mass media and aging issues, this volume will
prove a valuable resource for scholars and students in media and
gerontology. It is intended for use in coursework addressing such
topics as mass communication and society, media and aging, media
and public opinion, sociology, and social gerontology.
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