Interpreting news
- London : Palgrave Macmillan 2009
- 226 p.
Introduction: News and Symbolic Power What's going on 1 Defining News Technologies, stories, organizations Early definitions News as mosaic News and time News versus journalism Conclusion 2 Know Your Product Principles of selection News values Gatekeeping Bad company? News Corporation Influencing content Influencing contexts Manufacturing consent? Conclusion 3 True Stories News, ritual, community Once upon a time Upside-down pyramids More bad news Definitive gaze Seeing and believing? Adding the missing voice What's outside the frame? Sound + Vision Media events Conclusion 4 From Coffee-House to Cyber-Cafe Commercial origins of news media The Fourth Estate Freedom of speech (just watch what you say) Who let the dogs out? Watergate War correspondents Rock critics Blogging Conclusion 5 'Pay No Attention To That Man Behind The Curtain' Take us to your leader Primary definers? Objectivity Sexing up dodgy dossiers Public image Panic on the streets of [your town here] Naming and shaming Problem people Models of moral panic Taking over the asylum seekers Conclusion 6 Here We Are, Now Entertain Us Are we having fun yet? Mapping tabloid media Defining the tabloid Talking tabloid That's entertainment The public sphere Taking tabloid media seriously Kylie's cancer From vulnerable viewers to creative audiences Those scary media Selling the audience Setting the agenda What use are the media? TV news and pleasure What do you mean? Active audiences? New audiences Creative audiences? Conclusion 7 Totally Wired The message Touching from a distance (further all the time) Reuters Cultural imperialism? Radio Active The BBC Satellite of love? How the news changes the news A1 Jazeera Conclusion 8 News 2.0? Convergence and divergence Three dimensions of online news Automatic for the people Up close and personal Mobile news Over to you India media Open source DIY news India media and alternative media Open publishing Conclusion