The rise and fall of television journalism : just wires and lights in a box? / Steven Barnett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barnett, Steven, 1954- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Television broadcasting of news--Great Britain.

Television broadcasting of news.

Television broadcasting of news--United States.

Television producers and directors--Great Britain.

Television producers and directors.

Television producers and directors--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (301 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"This book traces the history of television journalism in Britain from its austere roots in the BBC's post-war monopoly to the present-day plethora of 24 hour channels and celebrity presenters. It asks why a medium whose thirst for pictures, personalities and drama makes it, some believe, intrinsically unsuitable for serious journalism should remain in the internet age the most influential purveyor of news. Barnett compares the two very different trajectories of television journalism in Britain and the US, arguing that from the outset a rigorous statutory and regulatory framework rooted in a belief about the democratic value of the medium created and sustained a culture of serious, responsible, accurate and interrogative journalism in British television. The book's overarching thesis is that, despite a very different set of historical, regulatory and institutional practices, there is a very real danger that Britain is now heading down the same road as America."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Foreword

Introduction: The Argument

1 Laying the Foundations: Policies, practices and a public monopoly

2 Competition and Commercialism: The early days

3 Competition, Commercialism and the 'Golden Age'

4 Real Lives v Death on the Rock: Journalism, terrorism and accountability

5 The Propaganda Model and the 1990 Broadcasting Act

6 Competition and Commercialism in the 21st Century

7 Tabloidisation

8 The BBC, the Aftermath of Hutton and the Future

9 Television Journalism, the Market and the Future

10 24-hour News Channels and the 'New' Television Journalism

11 Television Journalism and Impartiality

12 Conclusions.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781849666473

1849666474

9781849666480

1849666482

OCLC:

768082909