INTRODUCTION: THE CULTURE OF NEWS
1 THE RISE OF 'OBJECTIVE' NEWSPAPER REPORTING
From smoke signals to daily newspapers
The emergence of popular journalism
Separating 'facts' from 'values'
The toil of ink-stained hacks
'Objectivity' as a professional ideal
Further reading
2 THE EARLY DAYS OF RADIO AND TELEVISION NEWS
BBC News on the 'wireless'
The start of radio news in the USA
The limits of 'impartiality': British television news
US television news begins
Further reading
3 MAKING NEWS: TRUTH, IDEOLOGY AND NEWSWOPK
Structuring public debate
News values and frames
Routinizing the unexpected
A hierarchy of credibility
Issues of access
Further reading
4 TUE CULTURAL POLITICS OF NEWS DISCOURSE
News and hegemony
The common sense of newspaper discourse
The language of radio news
The textuality of television news
'The obvious facts of the matter'
Further reading
5 NEWS, AUDIENCES AND EVERYDAY LIFE
Mapping the newspaper audience
Sceptical laughter? Reading the tabloids
'Decoding' television news
The everydayness of news
Conclusion
Further reading
6 THE GENDERED REALITIES OF JOURNALISM
Feminist critiques of objectivity
Macho culture of newswork
Gender politics of representation
(En)gendering violence in the news
Further reading
7 'US AND THEM': RACISH IN TH[ NEWS
Naturalizing racism
Reporting law and order
The enemy 'Other': journalism in wartime
AI-Jazeera and the sanitization of war
'Writing white': ethnic minorities and newswork
Further reading
8 JOURNALISM ON THE WEB: SEPTEMBER 11 AND THE WAR IN IRAQ
News on the Internet
Reporting September 11
Citizen-produced coverage
Searching for answers
Blogging the war in Iraq
The digital divide
Further reading
9 'GOOD JOURNALISM IS POPULAR CULTURE'
Ratings, profits and relevance
Celebrities, tabloidization and infotainment
Strategies for change
Points of departure
Further reading
Glossary
References
