Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: That was the world that was; 2 'Ill news comes often on the back of worse'; SELECTIONS FROM PREVIOUS VOLUMES BY THE GLASGOW UNIVERSITY MEDIA GROUP (1976-85); 3 Reviewing the news; 4 Measuring the news; I Measure for measure; II Who gets on?; III Appendices; 5 Contours of coverage; 6 News talk; I Assembling the news text; II Vocabulary and industrial action; 7 News visuals; I Halting the flow; II 'Good evening'; 8 Case studies; I Access to television
II Pointing the finger: evaluations and judgementsIII Breaching the peace at Greenham Common; IV The Church and the Bomb: framing and reporting a debate; 9 The current affairs prism; 10 Ritual tasks; Coda: 'Isn't the news terrible?'; Raymond Williams; Index
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First Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company