News and News Sources: A Critical Introduction

By Paul Manning

Book Overview

News and News Sources

offers a fresh introduction to the sociology of news.

News and News Sources:

reviews new research in the rapidly expanding field of political communication, drawing upon material from Britain, Europe and the USA; provides a clear introduction to the processes of news production and the implications of the rise in global electronic news communication; and assesses the various theoretical frameworks available for analysing these developments including fuctionalism, pluralism, Marxism, political economy, hegemony theory, discourse theory and postmodernism.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761957979
• ISBN13: 9780761957973
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Limited
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.8" x 8.8"