Key Concepts in Journalism Studies
- Bob Franklin - Cardiff University, UK
- Martin Hamer - University of Sheffield, UK
- Mark Hanna - University of Sheffield, UK
- Marie Kinsey - University of Sheffield, UK
- John E Richardson - University of Loughborough, UK
SAGE Key Concepts series
Written by experienced and respected academics, the books are indispensable study aids and guides to comprehension.
Key Concepts in Journalism offers:
- a systematic and accessible introduction to the terms, processes, and effects of journalism
- a combination of practical considerations with theoretical issues
- further reading suggestions
The authors bring an enormous range of experience in newspaper and broadcast journalism, at national and regional level, as well as their teaching expertise.
This book will be essential reading for students in journalism, and an invaluable reference tool for their professional careers.
Sample entries include:
Adversarial Journalism / Audience / Bad News / Bias / Context Analysis / Cyberspace / Defamation / Dumbing Down / Editor / Embargo / Embedded Journalist / Ethics / Focus Groups / Free Newspaper / Gatekeeper / Hard News /Ideology / Impartiality / Infotainment / Investigative Journalism / Mass Communication / Media Effects / Media Mogul / Multimedia / Myth / Narrative / New Media / News Management / Off the Record / Online Journalism / Photojournalism / Propaganda / Self-regulation / Sensationalism / Tabloid / Television / Watergate
'The five authors have drawn on their enormous range of experience in newspaper and broadcast journalism, at national and regional level, as well as their teaching expertise for this book, which will be essential reading for students in journalism, and as invaluable reference tool for their professional careers'
This is a useful A-Z of everything to do with journalism that should be on any media student's desk.
Journalism can be a very technical subject and armed with this book, students can pick their way through the jargon-filled journalistic fog with confidence.
There doesn't seem to be a term that isn't in there.
Comprehensive isn't the word.
A really special book. It should be the first port of call for my students when doing their assignments.
