The Known World of Broadcast News: International News and the Electronic Media (Comedia) [Paperback]

Stanley Baran (Author), Roger Wallis (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0415036046 | ISBN-13: 978-0415036047 | Publication Date: November 16, 1990 | Edition: 1

A comprehensive empirical and theoretical study of broadcast news throughout the world, which examines the effects of syndication and questions whether this fiercely competitive business satisfies the democratic demands of its audience.

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`This book is a disturbing insight into worldwide news and how it is selected.' - Press and Journal

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (November 16, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0415036046
• ISBN-13: 978-0415036047
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,690,835 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars You must understand the media inorder to live in the media, November 9, 2000

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This review is from: The Known World of Broadcast News: International News and the Electronic Media (Comedia) (Paperback)

It goes into how the business uses the media for its own desires or the desires of its patrons. I even heard Dr. Baran himself lecutre about this too. His lecutres and his books ask you hard questions about how the business serve the democratic world in which we live in. The book doesn't favor any side, it telling you what to think about. The book is like a key that is opening the world to our media and how we chose to use it. This book is another item to have in the quest of understanding media.