Interpreting News

by Graham Meikle

Overview

This core introductory text offers a comprehensive overview of how news has been theorised and understood in key media studies traditions. It explores how news is constructed, distributed and received and includes up-to-date examples and discussion of contemporary issues such as the uses of new technologies in news media.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781403933836
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	11/01/2008
Edition description:	2008
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

GRAHAM MEIKLE is Lecturer in the Department of Film and Media Studies, University of Stirling
GRAHAM MEIKLE is Lecturer in the Department of Film and Media Studies, University of Stirling

Table of Contents

Introduction: News and Symbolic Power
Defining News
Know Your Product
True Stories
From Coffee-House to Cyber-Café
Pay No Attention to That Man Behind the Curtain
Here We Are, Now Entertain Us
0 Totally Wired
News 2.0?
References.