News and Journalism in the UK: A Text Book (Communication and Society)

by Brian Mc Nair (Author)

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  Paperback
  1996

  $4.10

  Written especially for students, News and Journalism in the UK provides a comprehensive introduction to the political, economic and regulatory environments of British press and broadcast journalism. Brian McNair surveys the industry in a period of radical change, taking stock of what the British journalistic media have come through in the 1980s and 1990s, assessing where they are going. Intergrating both academic and professional perspectives on journalism, Brian McNair identifies the main issues now confronting the industry. The book includes separate chapters devoted to the social history and contemporary role of journalism; analysis of the impact of such key events as the 'Wapping revolution' and the establishment of Sky news on regional and national UK journalism; a review of current debates on media ownership and regulation. This second editon is fully revised and updated to include discussion of such issues as the changing political allegiances of the Murdoch press; the impact of the newspaper price war on circulation; the fortunes of the Mirror Group post-Maxwell; key changes in press ownership such as the sales of the Observer and Thomson Regional Newspapers; and the increasing pressures being faced by broadcast journalists in their reporting of political affairs.

• Used

  Paperback
  1993

  $3.28

  British journalism is going through a period of radical change - since the mid-1980's the political, economic and regulatory environments in which both press and broadcast journalism is pursued in the UK have been fundamentally transformed. News and Journalism in the UK presents an overview of these changes, from the Wapping Revolution' of 1986 to the Broadcasting Act and the Calcutt reports of 1990 and 1993. Brian McNair takes stock of what the British journalistic media have come through in the 1980's, identifying the main issues and challenges confronting the industry in the decade ahead. Discussion of the social history and contemporary role of journalism is followed by separate chapters, devoted to current debates on the future of television, radio and press journalism. Combining scholarly analysis with the extensive use of material gained from interviews with senior figures in the British media, the discussion firmly integrates - in a way not done before - both academic and professional perspectives on journalism.

• New

  Paperback
  2009

  $41.40

  News and Journalism in the UK is an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the political, economic and regulatory environments of press and broadcast journalism in Britain and Northern Ireland.

  Surveying the industry in a period of radical economic and technological change, Brian McNair examines the main trends in journalistic media in the last two decades and assesses the challenges and future of the industry in the new millennium.

  Integrating both academic and journalistic perspectives on journalism, topics addressed in this revised and updated edition include:

  • the rise of online journalism and the impact of blogging on mainstream journalism
  • the emergence of 24 hour news channels in the UK
  • the role and impact of journalism, with reference to issues such as democracy, health scares and the war on terror
  • trends in media ownership and editorial allegiances
  • 'Tabloidisation', Americanisation and the supposed 'dumbing down' of journalistic standards
  • the implications of devolution for regional journalists.