News and the Culture of Lying
News and the Culture of Lying
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Argues that news organizations often foster a haze of untruth that obscures and distorts the meaning of events, and that this "culture of lying" is the result of hidden structural relations, such as the media's need to serve the interests of advertising sponsors.
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News and the Culture of Lying by Paul H Weaver
Reporters claim to seek and tell the truth in their news stories, but Paul Weaver maintains that news organizations regularly foster a haze of untruth that obscures the meaning of events and distorts our perception of reality. This distortion, which Weaver terms "a culture of lying", is the result of hidden structural relations, such as the media's need to serve the interests of advertising sponsors, and the "addict/codependent" relationship of reporters to their sources. Enlivening his account of how stories are assigned, reported, edited and published, Weaver shows how standard procedures that aim at revealing truth produce the opposite.| SKU | Non disponible |
| ISBN 13 | 9780029340219 |
| ISBN 10 | 0029340217 |
| Titre | News and the Culture of Lying |
| Auteur | Paul H Weaver |
| État | Non disponible |
| Éditeur | Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Année de publication | 1995-01-02 |
| Nombre de pages | 280 |
| Note de couverture | La photo du livre est présentée à titre d'illustration uniquement. La reliure, la couverture ou l'édition réelle peuvent varier. |
| Note | Non disponible |