Seeing and Believing - The Influence of Television

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.

Sommario

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 ‘bias’;

Info autore

Greg Philo

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Greg Philo, Philo Greg
• Editore: Taylor and Francis
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 28.06.1990
• EAN: 9780415036214
• ISBN: 978-0-415-03621-4
• Pagine: 252
• Peso: 470 g
• Serie: Communication and Society
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Media, comunicazione > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; History, Media Studies, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, Humanities, Sociology and anthropology