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Understanding journalism : a guide to issues / John Wilson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wilson, John, 1936 August 3-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Journalism--Dictionaries.
- Journalism.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 304 p.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1996.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Never has the media been so critically regarded as at the present time. Documenting many areas of debate and dispute between journalists, the media, public organizations and politicians, the author identifies why conflicts will continue. Covering topics from government bias to censorship, official secrets to freedom of information and animal rights to obscenity, this highly informative work is a valuable guide to all those involved in journalism and the media.
- Contents:
- chapter 1 the contest /
- chapter 2 regulators /
- toomanyandnone
- chapter RadioAuthority
- chapter PressComplaintsCommission
- chapter Broadcasting StandardsCouncil
- chapter 3 editorial values /
- chapter agenda-setting
- chapter powerful interests
- chapter accuracy
- chapter goodnews, badnews
- chapter journalistic rights andprivileges
- chapter advertising
- chapter pluggingproducts
- chapter reconstructions
- chapter independentproducers
- chapter 4 trouble spots
- privacy
- chapter dealingwith criminals
- chapter bombhoaxes
- chapter sexual offences
- chapter tradenames
- chapter 5 violent events /
- effects of violence
- chapter copycatbehaviour
- chapter 6 special treatment /
- anonymity
- chapter jigsaw identification
- chapter 7 disputed practices /
- journalistic licence
- chapter doorstepping
- chapter conflicts of interest
- chapter 8 politics
- interviewing
- chapter governmentbias
- chapter RepresentationofThePeopleAct
- chapter political labels
- chapter chapternine state interests
- censorship
- chapter DA-Notices (formerlyD-Notices)
- chapter Northern Irelandban
- chapter 10 thepublic
- viewers, listeners readers
- chapter access
- chapter right of reply
- chapter 11 social values /
- minorities
- chapter offence andoutrage
- chapter 12 regional values /
- Scotland
- chapter 13 the law /
- evasion anddefault
- chapter court reporting: titles
- chapter Prevention ofTerrorismAct
- chapter payingwitnesses.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-81987-0
- 0-203-12939-3
- 1-134-81988-9
- 1-280-50656-3
- 9786610506569
- 9780203129395
- OCLC:
- 71249620
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