More Bad News (Routledge Revivals)

Peter Beharrell, Howard Davis, John Eldridge, John Hewitt, Jean Hart, Gregg Philo, Paul Walton, Brian Winston

‘It continues to assault that most hallowed belief of news-broadcasters, that the news is an unbiased reflection of reality. What it convincingly shows is that this coverage is indeed selective, not a neutral reflection of events, and that this selectivity was not dictated by the need to provide action packed pictures for the viewers to watch … but by journalistic criteria as to what is newsworthy.’- Times Higher Education Supplement

• Part 1: Reporting the Economic Crisis and the Social Contract: A Case Study 1. Introduction: The Economic Background 2. Wages and Price Figures 3. From Diagnosis to Prescription 4. Pointing the Finger: Evaluations and Judgements 5. ‘Who Gets On?’: Conclusion Part 2: Hear it This Way 6. News Ideology: Neutrality and Naturalism 7. Assembling the News Text 8. News Talk: Vocabulary and Industrial Action Part 3: See it This Way 9. Measuring the Visuals 10. Halting the Flow 11. ‘Good Evening’ 12. Still Life 13. ‘Truth 24 Times a Second’ 25 Times for Television 14. Appendix A: Just One Week 15. Appendix B: Identifying Exploratory Themes 16: Appendix C: The Events of Sunday 11 May – Saturday 17 May 1975