Stephen Harrington 
Australian TV News [EPUB ebook] 
New Forms, Functions, and Futures

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Australian TV News explores the important role of entertainment in Australian television news over the past decade. Through the use of textual analysis, industry interviews and audience research, it argues that ‘infotainment’ and satire are increasingly becoming significant methods of informing audiences about serious news issues. The work examines the changing relationships between television news, politics and everyday people, finding that these often humorous programs are used by audiences as sources of political information and fact, and this book challenges traditional assumptions about what form TV news should take and what functions it ought to serve.

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Table of Content

Introduction 

Forms and functions 
Research methods 

Chapter 1: The new news
Tabloidisation and the ‘narrative of decline’
The power of the popular
Another way
‘Fake’ news
Countering FOX 
Partisan?
Fifth estate
Breaking the rules

Chapter 2: Waking up with friends
What is Sunrise?
Breakfast time
‘Real people have nicknames’: The hosts
‘The family’
(Extra)ordinary News

Chapter 3: Sunrise: Infotainment and the ‘televisual sphere’
Genre
‘Dumbing down’?
Depth of news
The televisual sphere

Chapter 4: The democracy of conversation
The Panel: A short history
Fun news
Authenticity
Discursivity
Democracy

Chapter 5: Weapons of war
Waging war on everything
Pushing the limits
‘It’s like Jackass…’
Political satire
‘It’s about culture…’
Hitting the limits

Chapter 6: What have we learned from The Chaser this week?
Media satire
Critical intertextuality
Dissecting the tabloid
Chasing reporters
Media sceptics
Making sense of the news

Chapter 7: Journalism in crisis?
Cultural chaos
A holistic perspective
Winning the arms race
For fun, not money

Conclusion

Journalism education after ‘journalism’
New methods

About the author

Stephen Harrington is a senior lecturer in journalism, media, and communication at Queensland University of Technology, Australia.

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 212 ● ISBN 9781783201518 ● File size 0.8 MB ● Publisher Intellect Books Ltd ● City Bristol ● Country GB ● Published 2013 ● Edition 1 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 6499099 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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