"News Culture offers a timely examination of the forms, practices, institutions and audiences of journalism. Having highlighted a range of pressing issues confronting the global news industry today, it proceeds to provide a historical consideration of the rise of ''objective'' r…
News culture
by ProQuest (Firm), Allan, Stuart
fromIssues in cultural and media studies
News Culture offers a timely examination of the forms, practices, institutions and audiences of journalism. Having highlighted a range of pressing issues confronting the global news industry today, it proceeds to provide a historical consideration of the rise of 'objective' repo…
This study examines how the murder of women by a lone gunman at the École Polytechnique in Montreal was presented to the public via media publication over a two-week period in 1989. All that the public came to know and understand of the murders, the murderer, and the victims was…
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From the author of The Art of Travel, a thought-provoking look at the manic and peculiar position that news has achieved in our lives. What does the news do to our brains, our souls, and our views of one another' We spend an inordinate amount of time checking on it. It molds how…
The news is everywhere. We can't stop constantly checking it on our computers, but what is this doing to our minds? We are never really taught how to make sense of the torrent of news we face every day, writes Alain de Botton, but this has a huge impact on our sense of what matt…
Changing the News examines the difficulties in changing news processes and practices in response to the evolving circumstances and struggles of the journalism industry. It details the forces that shape and challenge journalism and journalistic culture, and explains why journalis…
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