No News is Bad News
Taylor & Francis
Provides an analytical overview of contemporary issues of the public accountability of broadcasting, as exemplified in the area of television and radio news and current affairs and documentary. This volume of collected essays is a parallel text to the book, \""Sex, Lies and Democracy\"". > \nThis volume of collected essays provides a wide-ranging survey of the state of radio and television, especially the idea of public service broadcasting, and of news, current affairs and documentary programming in America, Australia, the UK and the rest of western Europe. Among the key issues it addresses are the 'dumbing down' of TV news, the infotainment factor in current affairs shows and the disappearance of the documentary. Using contemporary cases and examples - from the row over the scheduling of News at Ten in the UK to the creation of ABC News Online in Australia -- the essays link the performance of radio and television at the turn of the millennium with the processes of deregulation, lx
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