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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458226403321

Autore

Aldridge Meryl

Titolo

Understanding the local media [[electronic resource] /] / Meryl Aldridge

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Maidenhead, : Open University Press, 2007

ISBN

1-281-12897-X

9786611128975

0-335-22945-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (201 p.)

Disciplina

302.230941

Soggetti

Local mass media - Great Britain

Mass media - Great Britain

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Why local media matter; Chapter 2 Regional and local newspapers: just another retailer?; Chapter 3 Imagining the community; Chapter 4 Local broadcasting: what price public service?; Chapter 5 Must broadcast regional news be anodyne?; Chapter 6 A delicate balance: media in the nations of the UK; Chapter 7 Working in local media: from smoke-filled rooms to sweatshops; Chapter 8 What is the future for local media?; References; Index; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

How will local media deal with the challenge of the Internet? This work explains how regional newspapers and broadcast news are owned, regulated and organized; how these factors produce the outputs we see and hear; what we know of audiences' attitude to them; and discusses local media as places of work.