Tabloid Television

Popular Journalism and the 'Other News'

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John Langer

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Communication and Society

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In Tabloid Television , John Langer describes television's 'other news' as news about fires, floods, accidents, celebrity lifestyles, the heroic acts of humble people and the weather. Langer argues that this 'other' news must be recognised as being of equal importance to the study of broadcast journalism as 'hard' political and social news John Langer's study uses detailed textual readings to explore 'other news' as a form of cultural discourse connected with story-telling, gossip, social memory, the horror film, national identity and the cult of fame. Langer also examines the political role played by this allegedly non-political news form, and explores the links between the 'other news' and recent braodcasting trends towards 'reality television'.

Release date Australia

November 20th, 1997

Author

John Langer

Audience

Tertiary Education (US: College)

Pages

200

Series

Communication and Society

Dimensions

156x234x15

ISBN-13

9780415066372

Product ID

1738070

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