Prime time: those precious few hours every night when the three major television networks garner millions of dollars while tens of millions of Americans tune in. Inside Prime Time is a classic study of the workings of the Hollywood television industry, newly available with an updated introduction. Inside Prime Time takes us behind the scenes to reveal how prime-time shows get on the air, stay on the air, and are shaped by the political and cultural climate of their times. It provides an ethnography of the world of American commercial television, an analysis of that world's...
Prime time: those precious few hours every night when the three major television networks garner millions of dollars while tens of millions of America...
An Introduction to Political Communication explores the relationship between politics, the media and democracy in the UK, the USA and other contemporary societies. Brian McNair examines how politicians, trade unions, pressure groups, non-governmental organizations and terrorist organizations make use of the media. Separate chapters look at political media and their effects, the work of political advertising, marketing and public relations and the communication practices of organizations at all levels, from grassroots campaigning through to governments and international bodies....
An Introduction to Political Communication explores the relationship between politics, the media and democracy in the UK, the USA and other c...
Television entertainment rules supreme, one of the world's most important disseminators of information, ideas, and amusement. More than a parade of little figures in a box, it is deeply embedded in everyday life, in how we think, what we think and care about, and who we think and care about it with.
But is television entertainment art? Why do so many love it and so many hate or fear it? Does it offer a window to the world, or images of a fake world? How is it political and how does it address us as citizens? What powers does it hold, and what powers do we have over it? Or,...
Television entertainment rules supreme, one of the world's most important disseminators of information, ideas, and amusement. More than a parade of...
This is a study of the international phenomenon of television sports coverage. The author considers the historical development of sport on television, the growth of sponsorship and the way that television and sponsorship have re-shaped sport in the context of the enterprise culture.
This is a study of the international phenomenon of television sports coverage. The author considers the historical development of sport on television,...
We Keep America on Top of the World is a lucid exploration of contemporary American journalism, with particular emphasis on its influential and controversial conponent - television news. Daniel Hallin's discussion encompasses the central and most controversial issues in the study of journalism: the wars in Vietnam and Central America; US-Soviet summits; the origin of the ten-second soundbite; the differences between print and television journalism; and the tension between professionalism and populism. We Keep America on Top of the World offers a distinctive approach to...
We Keep America on Top of the World is a lucid exploration of contemporary American journalism, with particular emphasis on its influential a...
Television entertainment rules supreme, one of the world’s most important disseminators of information, ideas, and amusement. More than a parade of little figures in a box, it is deeply embedded in everyday life, in how we think, what we think and care about, and who we think and care about it with.
But is television entertainment art? Why do so many love it and so many hate or fear it? Does it offer a window to the world, or images of a fake world? How is it political and how does it address us as citizens? What powers does it hold, and what powers do we have over...
Television entertainment rules supreme, one of the world’s most important disseminators of information, ideas, and amusement. More than a pa...
Western Media Systems offers a critical introduction to media systems in North America and Western Europe. The book offers a wide-ranging survey of comparative media analysis addressing the economic, social, political, regulatory and cultural aspects of Western media systems.
Jonathan Hardy takes a thematic approach, guiding the reader through critical issues and debates, introducing key concepts and specialist literature. Western Media Systems is essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students studying comparative and global media.
Western Media Systems offers a critical introduction to media systems in North America and Western Europe. The book offers a wide-ranging survey of...
'News and Journalism in the UK' is an accessible & comprehensive introduction to the political, economic and regulatory environments of UK press and broadcast journalism. It examines the main trends in journalistic media in the last two decades and assesses the future of the industry in the new millennium.
'News and Journalism in the UK' is an accessible & comprehensive introduction to the political, economic and regulatory environments of UK press and b...
Media Perspectives for the 21st Century brings together key international scholars to explore concepts, topics and issues concerning the communication environment in contemporary democratic societies. It combines qualitative and quantitative approaches to provide an interdisciplinary and truly global perspective that reflects the trends, theories and issues in current media and communication research.
The collection raises significant questions about the study of the media by challenging approaches to major media and societal issues, and analyses in more depth the...
Media Perspectives for the 21st Century brings together key international scholars to explore concepts, topics and issues concerning the c...
Media Perspectives for the 21st Century brings together key international scholars to explore concepts, topics and issues concerning the communication environment in contemporary democratic societies. It combines qualitative and quantitative approaches to provide an interdisciplinary and truly global perspective that reflects the trends, theories and issues in current media and communication research.
The collection raises significant questions about the study of the media by challenging approaches to major media and societal issues, and analyses in more depth the...
Media Perspectives for the 21st Century brings together key international scholars to explore concepts, topics and issues concerning the c...
