American Television News: The Media Marketplace and the Public Interest
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American Television News
Author_Steve M. Barkin
broadcast journalism history
cable news competition
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CBS Evening News
Celebrity Journalism
Civic Journalism
CNN's Effect
CNN’s Effect
commercial media regulation
Dateline NBC
division
electronic news ethics
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evening
Evening Newscasts
evolution of US television journalism
FCC.
Fred Friendly
good
harry
Harry Reasoner
Local Tv News
morning
NBC
NBC Affiliate
NBC Executive
NBC News
network
Network News Division
Network News Magazines
Newscasts
prime
Prime Time News Magazine
public service broadcasting
reasoner
Secretary Of State
soft news analysis
Superb
tabloid
Tonight
Trash Tv
Tv News
Tv News Producer
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- ISBN 9780765609236
- Weight: 340g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 31 Dec 2002
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This concise history of the news broadcasting industry will appeal to both students and general readers. Stretching from the "radio days" of the 1920s and 1930s and the early era of television after World War II through to the present, the book shows how commercial interests, regulatory matters, and financial considerations have long shaped the broadcasting business. The network dominance of the 1950s ushered in the new prominence of the "anchorman," a distinctly American development, and gave birth to the "golden age" of TV broadcasting, which featured hard-hitting news and documentaries epitomized by the reports by CBS's Edward R. Murrow. Financial pressures and advertising concerns in the 1960s led the networks to veer away from their commitment to serve the public interest, and "tabloid" television - celebrity, gossip-driven "soft news" - and news "magazines" became increasingly widespread. In the 1980s cable news further transformed broadcasting, igniting intense competition for viewers in the media marketplace. Focusing on both national and local news, this stimulating volume examines the evolution of broadcast journalism. It also considers how new electronic technologies will affect news delivery in the 21st century, and whether television news can still both serve the public interest and maintain an audience.
