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London: A Comedia book - Routledge, 1990. Very Good; Previous Owner Markings (Highlighting); Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled. SERIES: Comedia Series editor: David Morley. SYNOPSIS: WHAT ARE NEWS BROADCASTERS TELLING US ABOUT THE WORLD WE LIVE IN? HOW ARE NEW COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUES CHANGING THE WAY THAT NEWS IS GATHERED AND DISSEMINATED? The Known World of Broadcast News analyses recent advancements in news broadcasting. It looks at the way in which new technology has made the world smaller, with events being broadcast all over the world in a matter of hours. Combining the experiences and skills of a broadcast journalist with those of a scholar, Roger Wallis and Stanley Baran present these startling changes from the inside and predict future developments. Discussing as it does newscasting on both sides of the Atlantic, and looking at the real issues which lie behind stories as various as the… Read More

Mississauga: Copp Clark Pitman Ltd., 1994. Previous Owner Markings (Ink Underlining); Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers; Spine Lightly Chipped; Edges Lightly Soiled. SUB-TITLE: An Introductory Analysis. CONTENTS: Preface; PART I THE HISTORICAL AND THEORETICAL CONTEXT; Chapter 1 The Canadian Media-Telecommunications Context; Chapter 2 A Framework for Comparing Mass Media Systems; Chapter 3 The Global Context of Canadian Communication; Chapter 4 Theoretical Approaches to Communication; Chapter 5 Canadian Audiences and Their Mass Media; PART 2 THE MASS MEDIA INDUSTRIES; Chapter 6 Print Media; Chapter 7 Broadcasting; Chapter 8 Canada's Film Industry; Chapter 9 The Persuasion Industries; PART 3 REGULATION, OWNERSHIP, AND POLITICAL PROCESSES; Chapter 10 Regulation and Social Control; Chapter 11 Access to Information; Chapter 12 Ownership; Chapter 13 Media Ownership Profiles; Chapter 14 Mass Media and Politics; Appendix Name Index; Subject Index. EXCERPT: Preface - The purpose of this book is to… Read More

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons BOOK: Previous Owner Markings; Remainder Mark; Corners, Spine Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Light Moisture Damage; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. DUST JACKET: Missing. SUB-TITLE: From Joseph Pulitzer to William S. Paley: Their Lives and Boisterous Times. CONTENTS: PART ONE: THE RISE OF FRONT PAGE JOURNALISM 1/Jimmy Bennett of the New York Herald Springs a Leak: From Clipper Ships to the Birth of the Associated Press 2/Bintel Briefs and Death in the Electric Chair: Captain Patterson Launches the Daily News PART TWO: THE GAMES TWENTIETH-CENTURY PRESS LORDS PLAY 3/Lady Galahad in a Wicked World: Katharine Graham and the Buried Scandals of the Washington Post 4/Gadfly to the Business World: The Extraordinary Story of the Wall Street Journal 5/"Punch" Sulzberger's New York Times and the Incorrigible Chandlers of the "Born Again" Los Angeles Times PART THREE: FROM GODEY'S LADY'S BOOK TO GUCCIONE'S PENTHOUSE: THE… Read More

Mississauga: Copp Clark Pitman Ltd., 1994. Previous Owner Markings (Underlining); Light Creasing on Front Cover; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Edges Lightly Soiled. CONTENTS: Preface CHAPTER 1 NEWS: A MIRROR TO OURSELVES The Psychology of the Source; Defining News; The Ingredients of News; A Problem of "Narrowness"; The Violence Question; Pack Journalism and Stereotypes CHAPTER 2 CREATING IMAGES: JOURNALISM AND THE PSEUDO-ENVIRONMENT Ellul and the Idea of Propaganda; Innis and McLuhan; The Sociological Tradition; New Departures; Semiotics and the Language of News; Linguistics CHPATER 3 THE PRESS AND ITS FREEDOM: EVOLVING CONCEPTS A Growing Enlightenment; John Milton; John Locke; Fox's Libel Act; John Stuart Mill; The New Collectivity; Social Responsibility; The Five Tenets CHAPTER 4 THE QUALITY CONUNDRUM: TOWARD A FREE BUT ACCOUNTABLE JOURNALISM An Uncertain Philosophy; Historic Divisions; The Penny Press; Yellow Journalism; A Blending of Traditions; The Canadian… Read More

New York: Vintage Books - Random House, Inc., 1974. Previous Owner Markings; Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Edges Lightly Soiled; Heavy Yellowing Due to Age. BOOK NUMBER: V-998. SYNOPSIS: More of the American public relies on television for its news than on newspapers or any other medium, and the three evening network news programs have most of this audience. In this detailed, probing examination of the evening news programs of ABC, CBS and NBC, Edward Jay Epstein analyzes the economic, political and journalistic structure of network news organizations and shows that internal corporate policy and budgetary requirements shape the directions of TV news coverage. The inescapable conclusions are that television news does not mirror reality, as its advocates like to claim, and that TV's essential aim is not to inform, but to excite the viewers enough to induce them to "stay tuned." Edward Jay Epstein was born in New York City in… Read More