No News is Bad News: Radio, Television and

Provides an analytical overview of contemporary issues of the public accountability of broadcasting, as exemplified in the the area of television and radio news and current affairs and documentary. This volume of collected essays is a parallel text to the bestselling Sex, Lies and Democracy. The aim is to offer frameworks for the analysis of chiefly contemporary empirical evidence in three broad catagories: critical statements of the 'problems' analyses of orthodox (regulatory) solutions; and explorations of the alternatives.

Contributors

vii

Acknowledgements

x

Publisher's acknowledgements

xii

Introduction

1

(6)

PART I PUBLIC SERVICE AND PRIVATE INTERESTS

7

(52)

Demise or renewal? The dilemma of public service television in western Europe

9

(19)

Kevin Williams

The decline of public service broadcasting in the UK 1979--2000

28

(18)

Tom O'Malley

Sold out: Recent shifts in television news and current affairs in Australia

46

(13)

Graeme Turner

PART II PRODUCTION OF JOURNALISM GENRES

59

(66)

Television news and citizenship: Packaging the public sphere

61

(19)

Simon Cottle

Authority and authenticity: Redefining television current affairs

80

(16)

Patricia Holland

10pm and all that: The battle over UK TV news

96

(13)

Howard Tumber

British and American television documentaries

109

(16)

Carol Nahra

PART III PROBLEMS OF ACCOUNTABILITY

125

(66)

Reporting changing democracy: Commercial radio and news in the UK of regions and nations

127

(10)

Michael Bromley

Who listens to radio? The role of industrial audience research

137

(20)

Jo Tacchi

How broadcast journalism training in the UK is adapting to industry changes

157

(18)

Heather Purdey

Public relations and broadcast news: An evolutionary approach

175

(16)

Brian McNair

PART IV PUBLICS, PROTESTS AND PARTICIPATION

191

(62)

Outraged onlookers or influential voices? The role of lobby and pressure groups in the UK and USA

193

(17)

Granville Williams

What have you done for us lately? Public service broadcasting and its audiences

210

(9)

Anne Dunn

Alternative radio and television in South Dakota: A place study of public service electronic media in the US

219

(24)

Warren Bareiss

Participatory community radios building civil society in post-war El Salvador

243

(10)

Diana Agosta

Index

253

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