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From an author highly knowledgeable in the field, News is a handy and accessible guide that examines the history of news, both as newspapers and radio, and as entertainment and information, and introduces students to the key concepts and issues that surround the news. Using up-to-date case examples such as the Hutton Report and embedded journalists, from across a range of media including print, radio, television and the internet, Jackie Harrison explains the different theoretical approaches that have been used to study the news, as well as providing an accessible introduction to how news is produced and regulated, what counts as news, and how it is selected and presented. Topics covered include: introduction to the concept of news the growth and development of news technology, concentration and competition balancing freedom and responisibility regulatory control of the news making the news. Written in a clear and lively style, News is the ideal introductory book for students of media, communication and journalism.
Violence on Television presents findings from the largest ever study of the depiction of violence on television carried out in Britain. It looks not only at the amount of violence on television, but also at the form it takes.
What was it like being at the news desk on the evening of September 11 2001? Or when the space shuttle Columbia disintegrated on re-entry in February 2003? Or when the tsunami hit on Boxing Day 2004? Death, Sex and Money is an open window into the frenetic world of journalism, and how editors fill the pages of a newspaper every day. Veteran journalist Michael Young takes readers behind the masthead to reveal the players involved in writing, editing and producing the modern newspaper. Experience life at a chaotic news desk, and see first-hand how news is collected and the big stories covered. What emerges is the changing definition of news, and how newspapers have had to adapt to the twenty-first century in the ever-present shadow of the internet, blogs and citizen journalism, shrinking formats and falling circulation.
The Power OF Positive Thinking By Jackie Harrison is a transformative book that reveals the incredible power of our thoughts and beliefs.This book equip readers with the very tools they need to cultivate a positive mindset and create a life filled with Joy, success and fulfillment.Get ready to embark on a journey towards a brighter future as you harness the power of positive This book is meant for people who are seeking towards becoming achievers in all spheres of their lives and it is very impactful. Kindly Click the "Purchase Button" to get a copy of this book
Broadcast Journalism offers a critical analysis of the key skills required to work in the modern studio, on location, or online, with chapters written by industry professionals from the BBC, ITV, CNN and independent production companies in the UK and USA. Areas highlighted include: interviewing researching editing writing reporting. The practical tips are balanced with chapters on representation, ethics, law, economics and history, as well as specialist areas such as documentary and the reporting of politics, business, sport and celebrity. Broadcast Journalism concludes with a vital chapter on career planning to act as a springboard for your future work in the broadcast industry. Contributors: Jim Beaman; Jane Chapman; Fiona Chesterton; Tim Crook; Anne Dawson; Tony Harcup; Jackie Harrison; Ansgard Heinrich; Emma Hemmingway; Patricia Holland; David Holmes; Gary Hudson; Nicholas Jones; Marie Kinsey; Roger Laughton; Leslie Mitchell; Jeremy Orlebar; Claire Simmons; Katie Stewart; Ingrid Volkmer; Mike Ward; Deborah Wilson.
Sacred Reola Johnson is the eldest child born to a young couple named Essie Mae and Abraham Johnson. Both still teenagers at the time of her birth. Essie and Abraham gave Sacred away to Abrahams sister, Jackie Lewis, who took the role of a mother in Sacreds life. As Sacred grew up, she came to love the life she had with her Aunt Jackie. Despite her alcoholism demostrated the kind of love that Sacred never received from her absent mother. There were, however other women who filled the role that her own mother failed to fulfill. But despite the love and attention she got from these women, Sacred was still laid to bare the pain caused by family members and the sexual abuse inflicted by different men. Sacreds story is of survival from the heartaches and abuse she suffered as a child, and failed and abusive relationships she had gotten into.
Exploring gender, race, nation and narration, this groundbreaking study isolates how mainstream cinema works to bestow value upon certain lives and specific socio-cultural identities in a hierarchical and partisan way. Dedicated to the popular, to the pol
“This exciting book goes to the heart of a creative commercialand public service culture - it shows why ITV matters and howit was made to work so well. A tremendous contribution.” Professor Jean Seaton, University of Westminster “This is a valuable addition to studies of ITV's history andprogramming...” Tom O'Malley, Professor of Media Studies, University of Wales, Aberyswyth, and Co-Editor of Media History. Since breaking the BBC’s monopoly in 1955, ITV has been at thecentre of the British television landscape. To coincide with thefiftieth anniversary of the first ITV broadcast, this accessible bookoffers a range of perspectives on the complex and multifaceted history ofBritain’...
Contains 75 more clips from recent movies you can use to illustrate topics you teach on all the time--with summaries of the movie and the clip, start-stop times, Scripture references for Bible study, and discussion-starting questions to provoke discussions on subjects that matter to today's adolescents.
Nothing comes between Jackson DeVoy and his briefs--his legal briefs, that is--until the ace attorney is sent to Darwin Island to secure the rights to a "miracle" weight-loss aid from the island's enigmatic benefactor, JT Marchand. The last person the money-driven workaholic expects to find is Lina, an ebony goddess who seduces him on his first night. Forced to return to Boston without saying goodbye, Jack leaves Darwin convinced that his hasty exit is for the best. Never mind that he feels like he's leaving behind true love and not just a lover. Lina turns up in Boston, her unexpected reunion with Jack generating a heat that makes it easy to forget feelings of abandonment and deception. Once she's in Jack's world, Lina finds herself falling in love with clam chowder, Sam Adams lager, and a man who's convinced that money is the only thing worth living for. But when Lina awakens Jack's longing for things money just can't buy, he has to decide which means more to him: his wallet or his heart.