Description:
Do 24/7 news networks, ever conscious of their ratings, privilege style and spectacle at the expense of substance? Is a fiercely competitive, increasingly globalized and more fragmented news market diluting and debasing television news?
Taking the analysis well beyond the `dumbing down` argument. Thussu argues that this emerging phenomenon plays an important ideological role, with `soft news` masking the hard realities of neo-liberal imperialism. This book is a thorough and critical investigation of infotainment from a leading scholar of global communication. It will be essential reading for all students of the news.
- Author:
- Thussu, Daya Kishan
- ISBN:
- 9780761968788
- Format:
- Hardcover
- Pages:
- 214
- Publish Date:
- 01/30/2008
- Publisher:
- Sage Pubns Ltd
- Language:
- English
Portions copyright 2005 Muze Inc. All rights reserved.
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