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Readership: Undergraduate and postgraduate students of sociology, media studies, communication studies, and journalism
Edited by Howard Tumber, Professor of Sociology and Dean of the School of Social and Human Sciences at, City University, London
""An extremely well organised reader, containing a highly judicious selection of experts from various classic studies of news production. An indispensible teaching resource in this area" David Deacon, Loughborough University"
""Good range of articles, covering wide variety of issues. Great for introducing attributes", Clarissa Smith, Falmouth College of Arts"
Introduction Part I: Definitions of News Part II: Production of News Part III: Economics of News Part IV: Sources of News Part V: Objectivity and Ideology of News Index