Understanding journalism : a guide to issues / John Wilson.

Includes index.

Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
preface
chapter one – the contest
chapter two – regulators
too many and none
BBC governors
Independent Television Commission
Radio Authority
Welsh Authority
Press Complaints Commission
Broadcasting Complaints Commission
Broadcasting Standards Council
chapter three – editorial values
news
editing
agenda-setting
public interest
independence
powerful interests
impartiality
balance
objectivity
newspaper code ofp ractice
straight dealing
accuracy
good news, bad news
Birtism
identification
portrayal
political correctness
journalese
journalistic rights and privileges
outside interests
payments
personal views
personal view programmes
advertising
plugging products
industry and business
specialists
librarymaterial
reconstructions
news access
referral
anticipation
independent producers
cable programmes
satellite programmes
chapter four – trouble spots
privacy
confidential sources
off-the-record
crime
crime figures
dealing with criminals
arrests
Animal Liberation Front
bombs and bomb warnings
bomb hoaxes
docu-drama
obituaries
opinion polls
phone-in polls
paramilitaries
Police Federation
requests formaterial
sexual offences
statistics
trade names
chapter five – violent events
effects of violence
terrorism
hijacks
riots
copycat behaviour
suicides
accidents and disasters
military action
chapter six – special treatment
anonymity
jigsaw identification
emergencies
blackouts
contamination scares
sieges
kidnaps
conditions
deals
previews
embargoes
chapter seven – disputed practices
journalistic licence
journalistic trickery
secret recordings
doorstepping
eavesdropping
lobby journalism
conflicts of interest
freebies
chapter eight – politics
interviewing
government bias
dealing with government
ministers
elections
Representation of the People Act
parliament
politicians
political parties
Conservative party
Labour party
Liberal Democrats
nationalists
political labels
spin doctors
stop-watch editing
chapter nine – state interests
censorship
DA-Notices (formerly D-Notices)
official secrets
national security
war
Northern Ireland ban
freedom of information
chapter ten – the public
viewers, listeners and readers
broadcasting councils
accountability
access
phone-ins
consumer journalism
correspondence
complaints
corrections
right of reply
apologies
chapter eleven – social values
minorities
racism
sexism
disabilities
children
animal rights
names
obscenity
offence and outrage
charity appeals
hypnosis
chapter twelve – regional values
Scotland
Northern Ireland
Ireland
The North
Scilly Isles
chapter thirteen – the law
evasion and default
lawyers and legal referral
contempt of court
injunctions
defamation
confidentiality
court reporting
court reporting: court orders
court reporting: titles
court reporting: wild allegations
Prevention of Terrorism Act
paying witnesses

Never has the media been so critically regarded as at the present time. Documenting many areas of debate and dispute between journalists, the media, public organizations and politicians, the author identifies why conflicts will continue. Covering topics from government bias to censorship, official secrets to freedom of information and animal rights to obscenity, this highly informative work is a valuable guide to all those involved in journalism and the media.