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    Tabloid Television

Tabloid Television

John Langer

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      Fires, floods, accidents, celebrity lifestyles, heroic acts of humble people, cute acts by family pets and the weather. Television's non-news about non-events takes up an increasingly large part of contemporary broadcast journalism, but is regularly dismissed by television pundits as having no place on our screens. To its critics, this "other news" distracts our attention with trivialities and entertainment values, and undermines journalism's relationship with the workings of democracy. Yet, in spite of these protests, this "lite news" remains as entrenched and as popular as ever.;In this text, John Langer argues that television's "other news" must be recognized as equally important as "hard news" in the building of a genuinely comprehensive study of broadcast journalism. Using narrative analysis, theories of ideology, concepts from genre studies and detailed textual readings, "other news" is explored as a cultural discourse connected with story-telling, gossip, social memory, the horror film, national identity and the cult of fame. Langer's study also examines the political role played by an allegedly non-political news.
      CONTRIBUTORS: John Langer EAN: 9780415066372 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 370 g HEIGHT: 234 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Taylor & Francis Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 1997-11-20 CITY: GENRE: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies WIDTH: 156 cm SPINE:

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      Television, Media studies, Media, entertainment, information and communication industries

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      Fires, floods, accidents, celebrity lifestyles, heroic acts of humble people, cute acts by family pets and the weather. Television's non-news about non-events takes up an increasingly large part of contemporary broadcast journalism, but is regularly dismissed by television pundits as having no place on our screens. To its critics, this "other news" distracts our attention with trivialities and entertainment values, and undermines journalism's relationship with the workings of democracy. Yet, in spite of these protests, this "lite news" remains as entrenched and as popular as ever.;In this text, John Langer argues that television's "other news" must be recognized as equally important as "hard news" in the building of a genuinely comprehensive study of broadcast journalism. Using narrative analysis, theories of ideology, concepts from genre studies and detailed textual readings, "other news" is explored as a cultural discourse connected with story-telling, gossip, social memory, the horror film, national identity and the cult of fame. Langer's study also examines the political role played by an allegedly non-political news.
      CONTRIBUTORS: John Langer EAN: 9780415066372 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 370 g HEIGHT: 234 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Taylor & Francis Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 1997-11-20 CITY: GENRE: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies WIDTH: 156 cm SPINE:

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      Television, Media studies, Media, entertainment, information and communication industries

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