Seeing and Believing

Taylor & Francis

Television has a powerful impact on our beliefs and can be used as a propaganda tool. Philo examines these issues by inviting groups of viewers to write their own news programmes, based on pictures from the 1984-5 miner's strike. > Television has a powerful impact on our beliefs and is open to use as a political and propaganda tool. Greg Philo has taken a new approach to examining these issues by inviting groups of television viewers to write their own news programmes, based on news pictures from the 1984-5 British miners' strike. > Introduction; Chapter 1 Making the news; Chapter 2 Practical experience and knowledge; Chapter 3 Occupational groups; Chapter 4 Special interest groups; Chapter 5 Residential groups; Chapter 6 Conclusions: news content and audience belief; Chapter 7 Issues in news content, effects, and \u2018bias\u2019; > \n`A useful contribution to the debate about freedom of expression and access. The research work shows how powerful television can be' - Inter a