Ebook: Keywords in News and Journalism Studies
Author: Barbie Zelizer
- Year: 2010
- Publisher: Open University Press
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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Tim Luckhurst, University of Kent, UK
This comprehensive glossary offers clear and insightful definitions of the most significant keywords in news and journalism studies.
Ranging from 'above the fold' to 'zinger', and with over 400 terms in between, it covers words associated with newspapers, radio and television news, magazines, photojournalism and internet reporting. Other examples include 'agenda setting', 'libel', 'news values', 'objectivity,' 'scoop' and 'tabloidization'.
Written by two of the field's leading scholars, it offers an informed perspective on the key terms. It considers a range of genres, including business, crime, environmental, fashion, lifestyle, investigative, science, sports and war journalism as well as looking at new alternatives such as 'Wikinews' and 'Twitter'.
This lively and engaging treatment will provide students, researchers and journalists with a solid grounding in the fast-moving vocabulary of news and journalism studies.