Kategoria BISAC: Language Arts & Disciplines >> Journalism

This book considers the production of political media content from the perspective of academics who are increasingly asked to join the ranks of voices charged with informing the public. The work draws on the authors’ first-hand experience and relationships with media reporters, managers, producers, and academics offering their expertise to a wide array of media outlets to understand and report on the dynamics shaping how the academic voice in political news may be at its most useful. Featured prominently in the book is the trade-off between a conventional form of political punditry,...

This ground-breaking new book provides a unique, in-depth analysis of the BBC Asian Network, the BBC’s national ethnic-specific digital radio station in the UK. Gurvinder Aujla-Sidhu offers an insight into the internal production culture at the radio station, revealing the challenges minority ethnic producers faced as they struggled to create a cohesive and distinct 'community of listeners'. Besides the differences of opinion that emerged within the inter-generational British Asian staff over how to address the audience’s needs, the book also reveals the ways in which 'race' is managed...

This book presents a collection of studies on political interviews in a variety of broadcast media worldwide. Following the growing scholarly interest in media talk as a dominant form of political communication in contemporary society, a number of eminent international scholars analyze empirical material from the discourse of public figures and interviewer–journalists to address questions related to the characteristics, conduct, and potential effects of political interviews. Chapters span a varied array of cultural contexts: the U.S.A., U.K., Israel, Japan,...

Wer stets vage und damit mehrdeutig bleibt, legt sich nicht fest, enttäuscht niemanden, sichert sich damit alle Freiheiten und ermöglicht Veränderungen. Eine solche Mehrdeutigkeit ist in der strategischen Kommunikation allgegenwärtig: Unternehmen, die über ihre gesellschaftliche Verantwortung oder ihre Klimaschutzziele sehr vage reden. Die katholische Kirche, die wortreich und gleichermaßen mehrdeutig über die besondere Relevanz der Frauen spricht. Oder Profi-Fußballvereine, die vieldeutig die besondere Bedeutung ihrer Fans preisen. 

Diese strategische Ambiguität bzw....