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Live, Direct and Biased?: Making Television News in the Satellite Age - Softcover

MacGregor, Brent

 
9780340662250: Live, Direct and Biased?: Making Television News in the Satellite Age

Synopsis

The portable satellite dish, the digital palmcorder, the video editing suite in a suitcase. This is the age of the 24 hour news service, but just who and what makes the news? Technology has radically changed the way in which events are reported. News services such as CNN, Sky News, Euronews, CBC 'Newsworld' and BBC 'World' are available around the clock. But does the viewer know any more as a result?



A study of the changing face of television news, this book examines both the transmitted screen product and the newsgathering process. It is an analysis of how television reporting has changed in the age of rolling news and an examination of how TV news can affect the course of current affairs worldwide.



From the fall of the Berlin wall, through the Gulf War, to the O J Simpson chase and trial, TV news is now - more than ever before - enmeshed in the events it covers. Brent MacGregor, a former producer and director provides sharp insight into the business, giving a wide historical and geographical context for the tremendous diversity of today's broadcast news.

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