Television News, Politics and Young People Generation Disconnected?

Why are young people alienated from television news? This book argues that contemporary trends indicating deepening disconnection from news about public life reflect both problems in the way television news covers politics - the single biggest item on the news - and problems with the nature of polit...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Wayne, Mike, Petley, Julian (Author), Murray, Craig (Author), Henderson, Lesley (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Palgrave Macmillan UK 2010, 2010
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Why are young people alienated from television news? This book argues that contemporary trends indicating deepening disconnection from news about public life reflect both problems in the way television news covers politics - the single biggest item on the news - and problems with the nature of politics itself under neo-liberal capitalism
Physical Description:IX, 235 p online resource
ISBN:9780230274754