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Australian TV News : New Forms, Functions, and Futures
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Harrington, Stephen.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (214 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol : Intellect Books Ltd, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Australian TV News explores the role of entertainment in Australian television news over the past decade. Using textual analysis, industry interviews and audience research, it examines changing relationships and argues that 'infotainment' and satire are increasingly becoming significant methods of informing audiences about serious news issues.
- Contents:
- Cover; Half Title; Title ; Copyright ; Table of Contents; Foreword; Dedication; Introduction; Forms and functions; Research methods; Notes; Chapter 1: The new news; Tabloidisation and the 'narrative of decline'; The power of the popular; Another way; 'Fake' news; Countering FOX; Partisan?; Fifth estate; Breaking the rules; Notes; Chapter 2: Waking up with friends; What is Sunrise?; Breakfast time; 'Real people have nicknames': The hosts; 'The family'; (Extra)ordinary news; Notes; Chapter 3: Sunrise: Infotainment and the 'televisual sphere'; Genre; 'Dumbing down'?; Depth of news
- Winning the arms raceFor fun, not money; Notes; Conclusion; Journalism education after 'journalism'; New methods; Appendix: Research participant information; References; Acknowledgements; Index; Back Cover
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 1-78320-150-9
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