Nonverbal Neutrality of Broadcasters Covering Crisis - Not Just What You Say But How You Say It

Offering a critical and sensitive reflection on journalists' nonverbal behaviours during their coverage of school shootings in the U.S., this book shows how individual and social level factors predict broadcasters' nonverbal neutrality.

List of contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Nonverbal theories: BET/BECV
Chapter 3. Nonverbal neutrality norm
Chapter 4. Nonverbal neutrality influence factors
Chapter 5. Measuring nonverbal neutrality
Chapter 6. Predictive influences on nonverbal neutrality: Findings
Chapter 7. The Nonverbal Neutrality Theory
Chapter 8. Understanding nonverbal neutrality variability
Chapter 9. Applications to research, industry and beyond
Appendix
Index

About the author

Danielle Deavours is Assistant Professor of Broadcast Journalism at Samford University, USA. She currently serves as the 2023–2024 chair of the AEJMC Broadcast and Mobile Journalism Division. She is also 2023–2024 chair of the BEA Interactive Media and Emerging Technology Division, as well as a co-chair for the IMET student category in the BEA Festival of Media Arts.
In 2022, Deavours received the Emerging Scholar Award from the Nonverbal Communication Division of the National Communication Association. She is a former Emmy- and Murrow-award winning broadcast journalist with over a decade of experience in local television news.

Summary

Offering a critical and sensitive reflection on journalists’ nonverbal behaviours during their coverage of school shootings in the U.S., this book shows how individual and social level factors predict broadcasters’ nonverbal neutrality.

Product details

• Authors: Danielle Deavours
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.09.2023
• EAN: 9781032450919
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3245091-9
• No. of pages: 128
• Series: Routledge Focus on Journalism Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Journalism; Media Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications, Press & journalism, Communication Studies, News media and journalism