Spinning into Control: News Values and Source Strategies (Studies in Communication & Society) - Hardcover

Palmer, Jerry

 
9780718502515: Spinning into Control: News Values and Source Strategies (Studies in Communication & Society)

Synopsis

Ground-breaking in its analysis of the relationship between journalists and sources, Spinning into Control is a useful and colorful introduction to the key issues of contemporary news reporting for students of media/communication and journalism. Fundamental to this relationship is the question of the values that determine which events are selected as "newsworthy" and which are neglected. The book provides a case study-based account of how information flows in news reporting.

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This work is an introduction to the key issues of contemporary news reporting for students of media and journalism. It includes practical case studies of why some items make it into the news and others don't, how sources are used and abused, and what kind of values govern news reporting.

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