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1 online resource (195 pages) |
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Communication and Society |
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Communication and society.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction: From mediation to mediatization; Television news, politics and media logic(s); Scope of the study; Note; 1. Interpreting news conventions as journalistic interventions: Exploring the changing nature of television journalism and political reporting ; Introduction; The birth and evolution of television news: establishing routine conventions on evening bulletins; Entering into mediatization debates: interpreting competing media logics |
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Methodological framework for studying fixed time bulletins and political reporting: interpreting journalistic interventionismNote; 2. Embracing or resisting a rolling news logic? Understanding the changing character oftelevision news bulletins; Introduction; Interpreting the changing nature of television news bulletins over time; Understanding the form, structure and style of television news bulletins; The rise of live news and immediacy in political reporting; Interpreting mediatization and the logic of rolling news; Notes |
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3. The media logic of immediacy: The mediatization of politics in UK news bulletinsIntroduction; Mediatization of politics debates: context and method; The mediatization of politics in edited news conventions: from soundbites and imagebites to journalistic visibility; Interpreting the mediatization of news: enhancing the speed and liveness of political reporting?; Understanding the mediatization of politics: towards a live and interpretive media logic; 4. Comparing news cultures and media systems: Developing a comparative study oftelevision news bulletins in theUK, US and Norway; Introduction |
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Developing comparative research: interpreting television news cross-nationallyInterpreting the mediatization of television news cross-nationally: the use of journalistic interventions; Comparing levels of mediatization in television journalism: political reporting in US and UK evening news bulletins; Comparing the structure, form and style of television news bulletins in the US and UK; The influence of 24-hour news culture: towards a rolling news logic in evening bulletins; Note; 5. The rise of live news and the two-way convention: Evaluating the value of journalistic interventionism |
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IntroductionUnderstanding broadcast talk: scholarly readings of the live two-way convention; Comparing edited and live news: towards a better understanding of politics?; Assessing the value and purpose of live two-ways in political reporting; Notes; 6. Interpreting the impact and consequences of the mediatization of news and politics; Introduction; Enhancing the mediatization of news and journalistic interventionism: assessing longitudinal trends and differences between media systems; Live two-ways and the mediatization of politics: enhancing knowledge and understanding? |
| Summary |
News and Politics critically examines television news bulletins - still the primary source of information for most people - and asks whether the wider pace and immediacy of 24-hour news culture has influenced their format and style over time. Drawing on the concepts of mediatization and journalistic interventionism, Stephen Cushion empirically traces the shift from edited to live reporting from a cross-national perspective, focussing on the two-way convention in political coverage and the more interpretive approach to journalism it promotes. Challenging prevailing academic wisdom, Cushion argue |
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Towards a mediatized future in news and political reporting? Understanding and interpreting new logics |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Television broadcasting of news.
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Television broadcasting of news -- Great Britain
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Broadcast journalism -- Political aspects
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Broadcast journalism -- Political aspects
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Television broadcasting of news
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Great Britain
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317540533 |
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1317540530 |
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