Lanham, MD Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2000 Trade paperback New. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 336 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white. Critical Media Studies: Institutions, Politics, and Culture.

ISBN10: 0847695727, ISBN13: 9780847695720, [publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, MD] Softcover Paperback. Coverage of the so called "mad cow disease" outbreak in the mid 1990s was accused by many commentators of starting a widespread public panic. Media critics have seen stories like this. TV shows like Jerry Springer's and a number of tabloid newspapers like the Mirror and the German Bild-Zeitung as evidence of a decline in the standards of the mass media. The growing emphasis on emotional or sensational human interest stories, the increasing coverage of private lives of public figures, and the falling off of coverage of serious news is often described as "tabloidisation". The essays in this book are scholarly studies of what is going on and what its implications are. Reality, it turns out, is much more complex than some of the laments suggest. as the contributors show, this is a problem which is repeated in country after country, and it is not certain that the media anywhere are getting more tabloid. What is more, there is no consensus about whether tabloidisation" is just dumbing down or whether it is a necessary tactic for the mass media to engage with new audiences who do not have the news habit. Coverage of the "mad cow disease" outbreak in the mid 1990s was accused by many commentators of starting a widespread public panic. These essays examine the diminishing coverage of serious news, often described as ...

Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc, Date: 2000. Paperback. New. 315 pages. 9.00x5.75x0.75 inches. 2000. Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc ISBN 0847695727 9780847695720 [GB]

ISBN10: 0847695727, ISBN13: 9780847695720, [publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers] Softcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - The increasing interest in private lives and the falling off of coverage of serious news is often described as 'tabloidization.' The essays in this book are the first serious scholarly studies of what is going on and what its implications are. Reality, it turns out, is much more complex than some of the laments suggest. As the contributors show, this is not just a U.S. problem but is repeated in country after country, and it is not certain that the media anywhere are getting more tabloid. What is more, there is no consensus about whether tabloidization is just 'dumbing down' or whether it is a necessary tactic for the mass media to engage with new audiences who do not have the news habit.
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