Journalism and Popular Culture by Peter Dahlgren

Journalism and Popular Culture by Peter Dahlgren

In the staid world of journalism research, it is a delight to see an attempt to open that focus of inquiry to new interpretive frames.... this volume takes definitive steps toward achieving that aim - Popular Communication

`Fine collection′ - Choice

`In the staid world of journalism research, it is a delight to see an attempt to open that focus of inquiry to new interpretive framesSuch is the case with Journalism and Popular Culture , which spends a good portion of its 214 pages debunking existing frames for considering journalism and suggesting alternative ways of thinking about what we commonly call news. From sports television to practices of photographic documentary, this collection provides an impressive range of relevant research. In doing so, it underscores the rigidity of existing categories with which we have come to think about news and points to the need for rethinking them.... Particularly valuable is the introduction by Peter Dahlgren.... Most of these papers were originally given at a 1990 cultural studies colloquium. In the vein of that symposium, the collection′s authors argue that we need to allow a variety of people - and not only journalists - their say in determining what journalism is and could be. Through its analyses of topics as wide-ranging as celebrity coverage, tabloid practices, and coverage of marginalized groups, this volume takes definitive steps toward achieving that aim′ - Popular Communication

`The authors concentrate on non-fictional journalism in popular culture, to remedy a previous bias in popular culture studies which have emphasized fiction.... Several of the writers develop serious theoretical approaches which go beyond the mere description of examples from popular journalism′ - Communication Research Trends

Peter Dahlgren is Principal Lecturer in the Department of Journalism, Media and Communications at the University of Stockholm. He is the author or editor of numerous works in Swedish and of two books in English, both of which he edited with Colin Sparks: Communication and Citizenship (Sage, 1991) and Journalism and Popular Culture (Sage, 1992). Colin Sparks is a professor at the Centre for Communication and Information Studies at the Univeristy of Westminster and Co-Editor of Media, Culture and Society. Anna Reading is a lecturer at Southbank University and Assistant Editor of Media, Culture and Society.

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ISBN 13	9780803986718
ISBN 10	0803986718
Title	Journalism and Popular Culture
Author	Peter Dahlgren
Series	Media Culture And Society Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Sage Publications Ltd
Year published	1992-01-16
Number of pages	224
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