A corruscating attack on television - and on the 'collaboration' between intellectuals and the media which, Bourdieu argues, is leading to new and more invidious forms of dumbing down. Bourdieu examines the way in which apparently serious TV debate gives way to soundbite, as a series of talking 'experts' go through the motions of comment and consideration in increasingly self-referential circles.The result: banal and worthless drivel, shaped almost entirely by the imperatives of television ratings wars rather than any consideration of the truth. Television, Bourdieu claims, has now had a profound and largely detrimental effect not just on journalism, but on the formerly very separate worlds of art, literature, philosophy, politics, justice and even science - all of which are in danger of being forced to submit to what he describes as the 'commercial plebiscite' of audience ratings.
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Bourdieu's controversial attack on the corrosive and insidious powers of television and popular journalism
Prologue - Journalism and Politics
On Television
Preface
Part One - In Front of the Camera and Behind the Scenes
Part Two - Invisible Structures and Their Effects
The Power of Journalism
Appendix - The Olympics - An Agenda for Analysis
Translator’s Note
Bibliography
Notes
Index
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'A refreshing attack on the neuroses of news gathering'
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780745313337
Publisert
1998-04-20
Utgiver
Vendor
Pluto Press
Høyde
215 mm
Bredde
135 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, P, UP, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
112
Forfatter