Steven Barnett

The Rise and Fall of Television Journalism

Just Wires and Lights in a Box?

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This book traces the history of television journalism in Britain from its austere roots in the BBC's post-war monopoly to the present-day plethora of 24 hour channels and celebrity presenters. It asks why a medium whose thirst for pictures, personalities and drama makes it, some believe, intrinsically unsuitable for serious journalism should remain in the internet age the most influential purveyor of news.Barnett compares the two very different trajectories of television journalism in Britain and the US, arguing that from the outset a rigorous statutory and regulatory framework rooted in a belief about the democratic value of the medium creat… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-84966-646-6
EAN: 9781849666466
Produktnummer: 13958859
Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
Seitenangabe: 304 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 808 KB

Über den Autor

Professor of Communications at the University of Westminster, UK, who has specialized in media policy and politics for more than 20 years. Steven Barnett is Professor of Communications at the University of Westminster, UK, and a prominent writer and broadcaster who has been involved in policy analysis at the highest levels, both nationally and internationally, for the last 25 years. Steven Barnett is senior lecturer in communications at University of Westminster, and the author of three books on the media.