How To Watch Tv News

Author : Neil Postman
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0143113771
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How to Watch TV News written by Neil Postman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-06-24 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A scathing and prescient look at television news' now updated for the new tech-savvy generation Television news : genuine information or entertainment fodder? Fifteen years ago, Neil Postman, a pioneer in media education and author of the bestselling Amusing Ourselves to Death, and Steve Powers, an award-winning broadcast journalist, concluded that anyone who relies exclusively on their television for accurate world news is making a big mistake. A cash cow laden with money from advertisers, so-called news shows glut viewers with celebrity coverage at the cost of things they really should know. Today, this message is still appallingly true but the problems have multiplied, along with the power of the Internet and the abundance of cable channels. A must-read for anyone concerned with the way media is manipulating our worldview, this newly revised edition addresses the evolving technology and devolving quality of America's television news programming.

Author : Charles L. Ponce de Leon
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022642152X
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book That's the Way It Is written by Charles L. Ponce de Leon and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2016-09-09 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever since Newton Minow taught us sophisticates to bemoan the descent of television into a vast wasteland, the dyspeptic chorus of jeremiahs who insist that television news in particular has gone from gold to dross gets noisier and noisier. Charles Ponce de Leon says here, in effect, that this is misleading, if not simply fatuous. He argues in this well-paced, lively, readable book that TV news has changed in response to broader changes in the TV industry and American culture. It is pointless to bewail its decline. "That s the Way It Is "gives us the very first history of American television news, spanning more than six decades, from Camel News Caravan to Countdown with Keith Oberman and The Daily Show. Starting in the latter 1940s, television news featured a succession of broadcasters who became household names, even presences: Eric Sevareid, Walter Cronkite, David Brinkley, Peter Jennings, Brian Williams, Katie Couric, and, with cable expansion, people like Glenn Beck, Jon Stewart, and Bill O Reilly. But behind the scenes, the parallel story is just as interesting, involving executives, producers, and journalists who were responsible for the field s most important innovations. Included with mainstream network news programs is an engaging treatment of news magazines like "60 Minutes" and "20/20, " as well as morning news shows like "Today" and "Good Morning America." Ponce de Leon gives ample attention to the establishment of cable networks (CNN, and the later competitors, Fox News and MSNBC), mixing in colorful anecdotes about the likes of Roger Ailes and Roone Arledge. Frothy features and other kinds of entertainment have been part and parcel of TV news from the start; viewer preferences have always played a role in the evolution of programming, although the disintegration of a national culture since the 1970s means that most of us no longer follow the news as a civic obligation. Throughout, Ponce de Leon places his history in a broader cultural context, emphasizing tensions between the public service mission of TV news and the quest for profitability and broad appeal."

Author : William Wray Carney
Publisher : University of Alberta
ISBN 13 : 9780888643827
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In the News written by William Wray Carney and published by University of Alberta. This book was released on 2002-02 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces the concepts surrounding media relations and explains current media and communications practices, from both theoretical and practical perspectives. (Midwest).

Author : Zafar Siddiqi
Publisher : Blue Magpie Books
ISBN 13 : 1912937069
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book TV News 3.0 written by Zafar Siddiqi and published by Blue Magpie Books. This book was released on 2019-09-26 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The future of television news is now. Are you ready for it? Television news - which has played a crucial role in the world’s most momentous events, from wars and royal weddings to mankind’s first steps on the Moon - is in the midst of a digital-fuelled revolution. In its early years, TV news was monopolised by large corporations and state broadcasters, who controlled what went on air and when. Then technological advances in the 1980s enabled billionaires like Ted Turner and Rupert Murdoch to muscle in and beam 24-hour news channels across the world via cable and satellite. Today, we are living through a third, turbulent iteration: streaming over the internet is radically changing how television is produced, watched and delivered. It has so dramatically lowered the costs of entry into what was once the exclusive domain of governments, multinationals and tycoons that almost anyone can now set up their own global news channel. But in such a fragmented world, awash with “fake news”, who and what can we trust? In this stimulating and authoritative study, Zafar Siddiqi - who has launched and run four news channels across three continents - discusses the profound implications of this new era. Aimed at entrepreneurs, media students, industry insiders and anyone interested in TV news and its effect on humankind, it serves as a step-by-step guide for launching a news channel in the digital age. They say that revolutions do not come with a manual. This one does.

Author : B. William Silcock
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135251045
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Managing Television News written by B. William Silcock and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-03-04 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Managing Television News provides a practical introduction to the television news producer, one of the most significant and influential roles in a newscast. Recognizing the need for formal training in this key role, authors B. William Silcock, Don Heider, and Mary T. Rogus have combined their expertise and experience to shape this essential resource on the responsibilities, demands, and rewards of the news producer position. Their book provides a strategic approach to producing newscasts and serves as an in-depth guide to creating quality, audience-friendly newscasts working within the realistic limitations of most newsrooms. It helps the student and the professional producer sort through the various deadline-driven challenges of creating a 30-minute newscast. Filled with real-world examples and advice from news directors, producers, and anchors currently in the business, and photographs illustrating the varied perspectives in the position, Managing Television News provides critical skill sets to help resolve ethical dilemmas, as well as keen and fresh insights on how to win the ratings without compromising news quality. Career concerns are also addressed. This resource is a pioneering book for the professional television newsroom and the individual reader interested in starting or expanding a producing career. It is an excellent text for the college classroom, as its structure fits neatly into a semester schedule, and it is a must-have resource for both seasoned and novice producers, as well as students in broadcast news.

Author : Melissa Ames
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813180082
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Small Screen, Big Feels written by Melissa Ames and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2020-12-02 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While television has always played a role in recording and curating history, shaping cultural memory, and influencing public sentiment, the changing nature of the medium in the post-network era finds viewers experiencing and participating in this process in new ways. They skim through commercials, live tweet press conferences and award shows, and tune into reality shows to escape reality. This new era, defined by the heightened anxiety and fear ushered in by 9/11, has been documented by our media consumption, production, and reaction. In Small Screen, Big Feels, Melissa Ames asserts that TV has been instrumental in cultivating a shared memory of emotionally charged events unfolding in the United States since September 11, 2001. She analyzes specific shows and genres to illustrate the ways in which cultural fears are embedded into our entertainment in series such as The Walking Dead and Lost or critiqued through programs like The Daily Show. In the final section of the book, Ames provides three audience studies that showcase how viewers consume and circulate emotions in the post-network era: analyses of live tweets from Shonda Rhimes's drama, How to Get Away with Murder (2010–2020), ABC's reality franchises, The Bachelor (2002–present) and The Bachelorette (2003–present), and political coverage of the 2016 Presidential Debates. Though film has been closely studied through the lens of affect theory, little research has been done to apply the same methods to television. Engaging an impressively wide range of texts, genres, media, and formats, Ames offers a trenchant analysis of how televisual programming in the United States responded to and reinforced a cultural climate grounded in fear and anxiety.

Author : Stephen Cushion
Publisher : Peter Lang
ISBN 13 : 9781433107764
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Rise of 24-hour News Television written by Stephen Cushion and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2010 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "De-westernising journalism studies in an intelligent way, this book deserves to be read around the world."---Professor James Curran, Goldsmiths, University of London, United Kingdom --

Author : Robert A. Papper
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134824130
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Broadcast News and Writing Stylebook written by Robert A. Papper and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-05-25 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Papper’s Broadcast News and Writing Stylebook is the go-to handbook in broadcast news, and with the updates in the 6th edition, it is sure to continue this legacy. Through clear and concise chapters, this text provides the fundamental rules of broadcast news writing. It covers various fields across the board, including crime and government, weather, education, health, and sports. Within each field, readers learn the nuances of reporting, grammar, style, and usage. Written by a professional who has overseen major industry research for the past 23 years, this edition presents the data on news writing in a relevant and digestible manner. With the business of broadcast news changing rapidly, this text reflects the current news environment and explores where it will head in the future. With an expanded social media chapter and additional insight into the news rooms of today, Broadcast News and Writing Stylebook incorporates all the skills and knowledge reporters and journalist need to prepare for their careers.

Author : Jerry M. Jacobs
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Changing Channels written by Jerry M. Jacobs and published by McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages. This book was released on 1990 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Changing Channels is a brief, up-to-date examination of the trials and tribulations of the broadcast television news profession. Based on actual interviews with news anchors, directors, reporters and producers."--Book cover.

Author : Pippa Norris
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 0857022121
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On Message written by Pippa Norris and published by SAGE. This book was released on 1999-05-26 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To what extent are the techniques of campaigning and media management critical to the outcome of modern elections? This book brings together a group of leading scholars to provide a comprehensive analysis of the role and impact of political communications during election campaigns. They set the context of election campaigning in Britain, and the methodology used to undertand media effects, review party strategies and resulting media coverage, and draw together evidence of the impact of the 1997 British General Election campaign, analyzing how far television and the press media influenced the public's civic engagement, agenda priorities, and party preferences.