Tabloid Tales :Global Debates over Media Standards - Critical Media Studies: Institutions, Politics, and Culture

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Colin Sparks Daniel C. Hallin John Tulloch Barbie Zelizer S Elizabeth Bird Rod Brookes Andrew Calabrese Peter Golding Jostein Gripsrud Ágnes Gulyás

Tabloid Tales :Global Debates over Media Standards - Critical Media Studies: Institutions, Politics, and Culture

Colin Sparks(Author) Daniel C. Hallin(Author) John Tulloch(Author) Barbie Zelizer(Author) S Elizabeth Bird(Author) Rod Brookes(Author) Andrew Calabrese(Author) Peter Golding(Author) Jostein Gripsrud(Author) Ágnes Gulyás(Author)

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Published: 22 March, 2000

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Coverage of the Clinton-Lewinsky saga followed in a long trail of media exposures of the more personal details of the lives of public figures. Many commentators have seen stories like this, and TV shows like Jerry Springer's, as evidence of a decline in the standards of the mass media. This increasing interest in private lives and the falling off of coverage of serious news is often described as “tabloidization.” The essays in this book are the first serious scholarly studies of what is going on and what its implications are. Reality, it turns out, is much more complex than some of the laments suggest. As the contributors show, this is not just a U.S. problem but is repeated in country after country, and it is not certain that the media anywhere are getting more tabloid. What is more, there is no consensus about whether tabloidization is just “dumbing down” or whether it is a necessary tactic for the mass media to engage with new audiences who do not have the news habit. Tabloid Tales will be of interest to students and scholars in journalism, mass communication, political science, and cultural and media studies.

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Type	Book
ISBN13	9780847695720
ISBN10	0847695727
Number Of Pages	336
Item Weight	499 g
Product Dimensions	153 x 228 x 25 mm
Publisher / Reseller	Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format	paperback

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This book is worth reading and the ideas in it worth exploring. * European Journal Of Communication *
The book is an excellent source of theoretical discussion and well-supported research on tabloidization. * Journal of Communication *
This book—and its willingness to deal with implications—enables the reader to draw better conclusions than would be possible without it. * Media Ethics *
The scope and range of these chapters are impressive. * Media Ethics *
Most rewarding. -- James Boylan * Columbia Journalism Review *

Author's Bio

Colin Sparks is professor of media studies in the Centre for Communication and Information Studies at the University of Westminster.

John Tulloch is chair of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Westminster.

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Tabloid Tales :Global Debates over Media Standards - Critical Media Studies: Institutions, Politics, and Culture

Colin Sparks Daniel C. Hallin John Tulloch Barbie Zelizer S Elizabeth Bird Rod Brookes Andrew Calabrese Peter Golding Jostein Gripsrud Ágnes Gulyás