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Journalism and Popular Culture
Edited by:
- Peter Dahlgren - Lund University, Sweden
- Colin Sparks - Hong Kong Baptist University, HK
January 1992 | 224 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
In counterpoint to conventional examinations of images of journalism which tend to concentrate on its informational role in the political process, this book provides a lively analysis of journalism in its other guise - as entertainment.
In a series of interrelated studies, the authors examine the theoretical problems in assessing popular journalism and consider common examples of its manifestations - its relationship to media stars, the coverage of sport, and the presentation of news in a `popular' form.
PART ONE: JOURNALISM AS POPULAR CULTURE
Peter Dahlgren
Introduction
Colin Sparks
Popular Journalism
John Fiske
Popularity and the Politics of Information
PART TWO: ASPECTS OF THE POPULAR MEDIA
Ian Connell
Personalities in the Popular Media
Jostein Gripsrud
The Aesthetics and Politics of Melodrama
David Rowe
Modes of Sports Writing
John Langer
Truly Awful News on Television
Karin E Becker
Photojournalism and the Tabloid Press
PART THREE: POPULAR JOURNALISM IN PRACTICE
Marguerite J Moritz
How US News Media Represent Sexual Minorities
Robin Andersen
Oliver North and the News
Roberta E Pearson
The San Francisco Earthquake and the 1989 World Series
