Tabloid Tales: Global Debates Over Media Standards (Critical Media Studies (PDF))

By: Colin Sparks and John Tulloch and S. Elizabeth Bird and Rod Brookes and Andrew Calabrese and Peter Golding and Jostein Gripsrud and Janice Peck

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Synopsis: The increasing interest in private lives and the falling off of coverage of serious news is often described as 'tabloidization.' The essays in this book are the first serious scholarly studies of what is going on and what its implications are. Reality, it turns out, is much more complex than some of the laments suggest. As the contributors show, this is not just a U.S. problem but is repeated in country after country, and it is not certain that the media anywhere are getting more tabloid. What is more, there is no consensus about whether tabloidization is just 'dumbing down' or whether it is a necessary tactic for the mass media to engage with new audiences who do not have the news habit.

Book Quality:: Excellent
ISBN-13:: 9780847695713
Related ISBNs:: 9780847695720
Publisher:: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Date of Addition:: 10/10/18
Copyrighted By:: The Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Business and Finance, Social Studies, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Communication
Submitted By:: Rachel Twombly
Proofread By:: Rachel Twombly
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.