Cultural Meanings of News

<p>What is news? What does news tell us about the culture and the society that produces and consumes it? This book provides a fresh examination of news production from a cultural perspective moving beyond what was once called sociology of news and toward the globally-broader culturally-based concept of journalism studies.<br /><br /><strong>Key Features </strong></p><ul><li><b>Twenty-three original and contemporary articles</b>-encompassing the intrinsic cultures of print broadcast and online media-are grouped in <b>six thematically cohesive sets</b>. </li><li>The articles are <b>presented chronologically </b>to allow the reader to follow the exchange of ideas between authors over time.</li><li>Berkowitz looks at news <b>globally</b> helping the student look beyond his or her own cultural context to that of many other societies.</li><li><b>A comprehensive framework </b>helps to thoughtfully present this cultural study of news. Berkowitz opens and closes the text with a cultural perspective on news and hints on applying this perspective to emerging news situations; each section also contains an introduction that highlight connections between the articles.</li></ul>