Understanding the local media / Meryl Aldridge.

By:

Aldridge, Meryl

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Maidenhead : Open University Press, 2007.Description: 193 p. ; 23 cmISBN:

9780335221738
0335221734
9780335221721
0335221726

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

302.230 22 ALD

Contents:

Chapter 1 Why local media matter; Chapter 2 Regional and local newspapers: just another retailer? Chapter 3 Imagining the community Chapter 4 Local broadcasting: what price public service? Chapter 5 Must broadcast regional news be anodyne? Chapter 6 A delicate balance: media in the nations of the UK Chapter 7 Working in local media: from smoke-filled rooms to sweatshops Chapter 8 What is the future for local media?

Summary: How will local media deal with the challenge of the Internet? This work explains how regional newspapers and broadcast news are owned, regulated and organized; how these factors produce the outputs we see and hear; what we know of audiences' attitude to them; and discusses local media as places of work.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
General Books	CUTN Central Library Social Sciences	Non-fiction	302.230 ALD (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		34415

Includes bibliographical references and index.

How will local media deal with the challenge of the Internet? This work explains how regional newspapers and broadcast news are owned, regulated and organized; how these factors produce the outputs we see and hear; what we know of audiences' attitude to them; and discusses local media as places of work.

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