| Description |
1 online resource (276 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Publisher''s acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I Public Service and Private Interests; Chapter 1 Demise or renewal? The dilemma-of public service television in western Europe; Chapter 2 The decline of public service broadcasting in the UK 1979-2000; Chapter 3 Sold out: Recent shifts in television news and current affairs in Australia; Part II Production of Journalism Genres; Chapter 4 Television news and citizenship: Packaging the public sphere |
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Chapter 5 Authority and authenticity: Redefining television current affairsChapter 6 10 pm and all that: The battle over UK TV news; Chapter 7 British and American television documentaries; Part III Problems of Accountability ; Chapter 8 Reporting changing democracy: Commercial radio and news in the UK of regions and nations; Chapter 9 Who listens to radio? The role of industrial audience research; Chapter 10 How broadcast journalism training in the UK is adapting to industry changes; Chapter 11 Public relations and broadcast news: An evolutionary approach |
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Part IV Publics, Protests and ParticipationChapter 12 Outraged onlookers or influential voices? The role of lobby and pressure groups in the UK and USA; Chapter 13 What have you done for us lately? Public service broadcasting and its audiences; Chapter 14 Alternative radio and television in South Dakota: A place study of public service electronic media in the US; Chapter 15 Participatory community radios building civil society in post-war El Salvador; Index |
| Summary |
This volume of collected essays provides a wide-ranging survey of the state of radio and television, especially the idea of public service broadcasting, and of news, current affairs and documentary programming in America, Australia, the UK and the rest of western Europe. Among the key issues it addresses are the ''dumbing down'' of TV news, the infotainment factor in current affairs shows and the disappearance of the documentary. Using contemporary cases and examples - from the row over the scheduling of News at Ten in the UK to the creation of ABC News Online in Australia -- the essays link t |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Broadcast journalism.
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Public affairs television programs -- History and criticism
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Public affairs radio programs -- History and criticism
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Journalism.
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Broadcast journalism
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Public affairs radio programs
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Public affairs television programs
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bromley, Michael, 1947-
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| ISBN |
9781317876113 |
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1317876113 |
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9781315838182 |
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1315838184 |
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058241833X |
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9780582418332 |
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9781317876090 |
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1317876091 |
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9781317876106 |
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1317876105 |
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9781138464780 |
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1138464783 |
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