Bad news / / Glasgow University Media Group

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910455549203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2010
• ISBN: 1-135-22976-7; 1-282-44417-4; 9786612444173; 0-203-09263-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (331 p.)
• Collana: Routledge revivals
• Disciplina: 070.19; 384.554
• Soggetti: Television broadcasting of news - Great Britain; Broadcast journalism - Great Britain; Journalism - Objectivity; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: First published in 1976 by Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd.; Vol. 2 has title: More bad news.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: BOOK COVER; TITLE_01; COPYRIGHT_01; COPYRIGHT_02; TITLE_02; COPYRIGHT_03; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1 REVIEWING THE NEWS; 2 CONSTRUCTING THE PROJECT; 3 INSIDE THE TELEVISION NEWSROOM; 4 MEASURE FOR EASURE; 5 CONTOURS OF COVERAGE; 6 TRADES UINIONS AND THE MEDIA; 7 DOWN TO CASES; APPENDIX 1; APPENDIX 2; NOTES; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: It is a commonly held belief that television news in Britain, on whatever channel, is more objective, more trustworthy, more neutral than press reporting. The illusion is exploded in this controversial study by the Glasgow University Media Group, originally published in 1976.The authors undertook an exhaustive monitoring of all television broadcasts over 6 months, from January to June 1975, with particular focus upon industrial news broadcasts, the TUC, strikes and industrial action, business and economic affairs.Their analysis showed how television news favours certain indivi