Television news, politics and young people : generation disconnected? / Mike Wayne ... [et al.].
Publisher: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010Description: ix, 235 p. : ill. ; 23 cm001: 43598ISBN: 9780230219359 (hbk.) :Subject(s): Television broadcasting of news -- Great Britain | Television and youth -- Great Britain | Youth -- Political activity -- Great Britain | Youth -- Great Britain -- Attitudes | Youth on television | Media StudiesDDC classification: 791.45 WAY LOC classification: PN5124.T4 | T45 2010Summary: Why are young people alienated from television news? This text argues that contemporary trends indicating deepening disconnection from news about public life reflect both problems in the way television news covers politics and problems with the nature of politics itself under neo-liberal capitalism.| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Why are young people alienated from television news? This book argues that contemporary trends indicating deepening disconnection from news about public life reflect both problems in the way television news covers politics - the single biggest item on the news - and problems with the nature of politics itself under neo-liberal capitalism.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Why are young people alienated from television news? This text argues that contemporary trends indicating deepening disconnection from news about public life reflect both problems in the way television news covers politics and problems with the nature of politics itself under neo-liberal capitalism.
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- List of Tables (p. vi)
- List of Figures (p. vii)
- List of Illustrations (p. viii)
- Acknowledgements (p. ix)
- Introduction (p. 1)
- 1 The Crisis of Political Representation (p. 13)
- 2 Young People, Politics and Television (p. 37)
- 3 Broadcasters' Perspectives (p. 52)
- 4 Content Analysis of Television News (p. 75)
- 5 The Symbolic Criminalisation of Young people (p. 99)
- 6 The Monopolisation of Political Discourse (p. 121)
- 7 The Boundaries of Political Debate: Animal Rights (p. 144)
- 8 Apathetic or Excluded? Young People, News and the Electronic Media (p. 164)
- 9 Talk Back: Young Audiences and Reception (p. 185)
- Conclusion: Is Another Television News Paradigm Possible? (p. 212)
- Notes (p. 220)
- Bibliography (p. 223)
- Index (p. 233)
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