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9780719055898

Terrestrial TV News in Britain : The Culture of Production

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  • ISBN13:

    9780719055898

  • ISBN10:

    071905589X

  • Format: Trade Book
  • Copyright: 2000-09-02
  • Publisher: Manchester University Press
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Summary

Terrestrial television news remains a key source of information for understanding the complexity of the modern world. The book attempts to understand the values and beliefs of news producers and the culture within which they work. Using both empirical data and analytical argument Jackie Harrison offers valuable insights into news agendas and news production and how they are changing in the contemporary news environment.

Author Biography

Jackie Harrison is Lecturer in Journalism Studies at the University of Sheffield.

Table of Contents

List of figures
viii
List of tables
ix
Acknowledgements xi
List of abbreviations
xiii
Introduction: terrestrial TV news and the new media environment 1(17)
TV news and public spheres, fragmentation and new sub-genres
18(25)
TV news, the public interest and democracy
43(19)
BBC and ITN: a changing world
62(17)
TV news diversity: structures, practices and forms
79(29)
A shared culture
108(30)
Journalistic objectivity: ideal and practical
138(19)
TV news values: diversity within unity
157(29)
TV news and different cultural norms
186(19)
Conclusion: terrestrial television news as a democratic issue
205(11)
Appendix I: Television News Code Book 216(13)
Appendix II: Television News Coding Frame 229(3)
Bibliography 232(19)
Index 251

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