Interpreting News

Description: This core introductory text offers a comprehensive overview of how news has been theorised and understood in key Media Studies traditions. It explores how news is constructed, distributed and received and includes up-to-date examples and discussion of contemporary issues such as the uses of new technologies in news media.



Contents:

Introduction: News and Symbolic Power.- Defining News.- Know Your Product.- True Stories.- From Coffee-House to Cyber-Cafe.- Pay No Attention to That Man Behind the Curtain.- Here We Are, Now Entertain Us.-0 Totally Wired.- News 2.0?.- References.




Author Biography: GRAHAM MEIKLE is Lecturer in the Department of Film and Media Studies, University of Stirling