Raymond Williams on Television (Routledge Revivals)
Raymond Williams on Television (Routledge Revivals)

Author: Raymond Williams

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-05-13

Total Pages: 323

ISBN-13: 1136447563

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First Published in 1989, this work is based around a monthly TV column which Raymond Williams wrote for The Listener between 1968 and 1972. Those were the years of the Prague Spring, of anti-Vietnam war demonstrations, of fighting in Cambodia and Northern Ireland, of hope for McGovern in the United States and attacks on the Wilson Labour Government in Britain. In The Listener articles Williams comments on all of these events, providing a rare glimpse not only into the events of his daily life but also into the continuing development of a personal sociology of culture. The articles also discuss such television forms as detective series, science programmes and sports, travelogue, education, gardening, and children’s programming. The book also includes Williams’ key lecture "Drama in a Dramatised Society", which sets a framework for his analysis; a London Review of Books piece on the Falklands/Malvinas adventure as a "tele-war"; and an interview with Williams on television and teaching. Cited by The Guardian as "The foremost political thinker of his generation", Williams’ writing amounts to a primer on ways of watching television and of critiquing its profound social and political impact.

Raymond Williams on Television (Routledge Revivals)
Raymond Williams on Television (Routledge Revivals)

Author: Raymond Williams

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-05-13

Total Pages: 239

ISBN-13: 1136447571

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First Published in 1989, this work is based around a monthly TV column which Raymond Williams wrote for The Listener between 1968 and 1972. Those were the years of the Prague Spring, of anti-Vietnam war demonstrations, of fighting in Cambodia and Northern Ireland, of hope for McGovern in the United States and attacks on the Wilson Labour Government in Britain. In The Listener articles Williams comments on all of these events, providing a rare glimpse not only into the events of his daily life but also into the continuing development of a personal sociology of culture. The articles also discuss such television forms as detective series, science programmes and sports, travelogue, education, gardening, and children’s programming. The book also includes Williams’ key lecture "Drama in a Dramatised Society", which sets a framework for his analysis; a London Review of Books piece on the Falklands/Malvinas adventure as a "tele-war"; and an interview with Williams on television and teaching. Cited by The Guardian as "The foremost political thinker of his generation", Williams’ writing amounts to a primer on ways of watching television and of critiquing its profound social and political impact.

Raymond Williams on Television
Raymond Williams on Television

Author: Raymond Williams

Publisher: Between the Lines(CA)

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13:

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Raymond Williams was named "the foremost political thinker of his generation" (The Guardian). O'Connor's sensitive approach provides a rare glimpse not only into the events of Williams' daily life, but also into the continuing development of a personal sociology of culture.

More Bad News (Routledge Revivals)
More Bad News (Routledge Revivals)

Author: Peter Beharrell

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2009-10-15

Total Pages: 409

ISBN-13: 1135176140

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First published in 1980, More Bad News is the Second Volume in the research findings of the Glasgow University Media Group. It develops the analytic findings and methods of the first volume Bad News through a series of Case Studies of Television News Coverage, and argues that much of what passes as balanced and factual news reporting is produced from a highly partial viewpoint. Focusing on the British economy in crisis, and its thematic linkage with the Social Contract during the first four months of 1975, the book deals with three main levels of activity: the story, the language and the visuals. As the book unpacks each level of routine news coverage a picture emerges which has the surface appearance of neutrality and balance but is in fact highly partial and restricted

Meaning in the Age of Social Media
Meaning in the Age of Social Media

Author: G. Langlois

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-06-05

Total Pages: 275

ISBN-13: 1137356618

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The search for meaning is an essential human activity. It is not just about agreeing on some definitions about the world, objects, and people; it is an ethical process of opening up to find new possibilities. Langlois uses case studies of social media platforms (including Facebook, Twitter, and Amazon) to revisit traditional conceptions of meaning.

Hegemony, Mass Media and Cultural Studies
Hegemony, Mass Media and Cultural Studies

Author: Sean Johnson Andrews

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2016-09-09

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 1783485574

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Analyzes twentieth-century media and cultural theories as they relate to changes in political economy, communication technology, popular culture and collective consciousness in the United States. It argues that much of contemporary media environment is operating as Western capitalist media have for more than a century, making these theories more relevant than ever.

Mothers and Other Clowns (Routledge Revivals)
Mothers and Other Clowns (Routledge Revivals)

Author: Magdalene Redekop

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-03-14

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 1317695852

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First published in 1992, this is the first study of the work of Alice Munro to focus on her obsession with mothering, and to relate it to the hallucinatory quality of her magic realism. A bizarre collection of clowning mothers parade across the pages of Munro’s fiction, playing practical jokes, performing stunts, and dressing in disguises that recycle vintage literary images. Magdalene Redekop studies this with the aim of gaining increased understanding of Munro’s evolving comic vision.

Reporting Humanitarian Disasters in a Social Media Age
Reporting Humanitarian Disasters in a Social Media Age

Author: Glenda Cooper

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-10-26

Total Pages: 197

ISBN-13: 135105452X

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From the tsunami to Hurricane Sandy, the Nepal earthquake to Syrian refugees—defining images and accounts of humanitarian crises are now often created, not by journalists but by ordinary citizens using Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and Snapchat. But how has the use of this content—and the way it is spread by social media—altered the rituals around disaster reporting, the close, if not symbiotic, relationship between journalists and aid agencies, and the kind of crises that are covered? Drawing on more than 100 in-depth interviews with journalists and aid agency press officers, participant observations at the Guardian, BBC and Save the Children UK, as well as the ordinary people who created the words and pictures that framed these disasters, this book reveals how humanitarian disasters are covered in the 21st century – and the potential consequences for those who posted a tweet, a video or photo, without ever realising how far it would go.

Culture and Consensus (Routledge Revivals)
Culture and Consensus (Routledge Revivals)

Author: Robert Hewison

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-06-11

Total Pages: 389

ISBN-13: 1317512375

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Culture and Consensus, first published in 1995 and a revised edition in 1997, explores the history of the relationship between politics and the arts in Britain since 1940, and shows how the search for a secure sense of English identity has been reflected in official and unofficial attitudes to the arts, architecture, landscape and other emblems of national significance. Illustrating his argument with a series of detailed case histories, Robert Hewison analyses how Britain’s cultural life has reached its present enfeebled condition and suggests a way forward. This book will be of interest to students of art and cultural studies.

Insights on Peace and Conflict Reporting
Insights on Peace and Conflict Reporting

Author: Kristin Skare Orgeret

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-07-26

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 1000410935

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As the second book in the Routledge Journalism Insights series, this edited collection explores the possibilities and challenges involved in contemporary reporting of peace and conflict. Featuring 16 expert contributing authors, the collection maps the field of peace and conflict reporting in a digital world, in a context where the financial prospects of the news industry are challenged and professional authority, credibility and autonomy are decaying. The contributors, ranging from prominent scholars to the Head of Newsgathering at the BBC, discuss a diverse range of key case studies, including the role of Bellingcat in conflict journalism; war and peace journalism in Bangladesh; visual storytelling in conflict zones; and rampant cyber-misogyny confronting women journalists in Finland, India, the Philippines and South Africa. Bringing together theory and practice, the collection offers an in-depth examination of the changes taking place in the working practices of journalists as ongoing, strategic assaults against them increase. Insights on Peace and Conflict Reporting is a powerful resource for students and academics in the fields of global journalism, foreign news reporting, conflict reporting, globalisation, media and international communication.