News from Nowhere
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0394719980
ISBN 13
9780394719986
Category
Unknown
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Publication Year
1974
Publisher
Pages
321
Description
A detailed, probing analysis of the economic, political, and journalistic structure of network news organizations. Edward Jay Epstein shows that internal corporate policy and budgetary requirements shape the directions of TV news coverage. Television news does not mirror reality -- TV's essential aim is not to inform but to excite viewers enough to induce them to "stay tuned". - from Amzon
Number of Copies
1
