Understanding News

by John Hartley

Overview

News depends for its effect on a culturally shared language, and this book concentrates on ways we can decode its messages without simply reproducing their underlying assumptions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781136105968
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/17/2013
Series:	Studies in Culture and Communication
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	220
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Hartley, John

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 News as Communication; Chapter 2 Reading the News; Chapter 3 News and Society; Chapter 4 Those Who Threaten Disorder; Chapter 5 Selection and Construction; Chapter 6 Hail Fellow Well Met; Chapter 7 A Winter of Discontent; Chapter 8 Producing the News: For Ourselves; Chapter 9 Consuming Interest; Chapter 10 Criticizing the News: What to do and Where to Find it;