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Television discourse Television discourse Nuria Lorenzo-Dus "What is the connection between what is said on TV and how it is said? Structured around four key features of the current broadcast landscape (storytelling, closeness, conflict and persuasion), Telev… OL12049910W
The Camera Never Blinks The Camera Never Blinks Dan Rather This controversial autobiography is by one of the best known and most respected TV newscasters. OL121021W
Hold on, Mr. President-- Hold on, Mr. President-- Sam Donaldson "Here is the brashest, most irreverent, most provocative television reporter in Washington telling us just how he got there, and how he gets away with it ... that is, with being the nation's most cel… OL12379804W
Ugly war, pretty package Ugly war, pretty package Deborah Lynn Jaramillo Deborah L. Jaramillo investigates cable news' presentation of the Iraq War in relation to "high concept" filmmaking. High concept films can be reduced to single-sentence summaries and feature pre-sol… OL13766669W
Al-Jazeera Al-Jazeera Hugh Miles Al-Jazeera is one of the most widely watched news channels in the world. It's also one of the most controversial. Set up by the maverick Emir of Qatar, who drew heavily on a failed BBC Arabic televis… OL15132479W
Media meltdown Media meltdown O'Donnell, Liam Pema, Jagroop, and Bounce discover media-making tools such as script writing on the Internet and produce a movie to get the news out when the corrupt developers who try to force Jagroop's father to s… OL15412741W
Minute by minute Minute by minute Don Hewitt The creator of 60 minutes describes what happens during the program and behind the scenes. OL15832079W
Dish Dish Jeannette Walls Walls examines the history of gossip, including the 1950s show, Night Beat with Mike Wallace, the National Enquirer, Confidential magazine, People magazine, the power of publicists, the power of rumo… OL15835815W
On television On television Bourdieu "On Television exposes the invisible mechanisms of manipulation and censorship that determine what appears on the small screen. Bourdieu shows how the ratings game has transformed journalism - and he… OL15838863W
Television reporters Television reporters Dave Cupp This title helps children learn more about the fast-paced career of TV journalism and gives them a glimpse of the amazing work reporters do even when the camera isn't rolling. OL15840381W
Project rewire Project rewire Judy Daubenmier "Provides a background for recent developments in traditional U.S. news media and presents new Internet media in that context"--Provided by publisher. OL15844705W
Television and American culture Television and American culture Carl Lowe A compilation of articles about television and its effect on politics, religion, education, and other aspects of American culture. OL15962536W
Tour de France Tour de France James Becket As an anchor for the Passport News team, the reader is assigned to cover the Tour de France and uncovers a plot to sabotage the twenty-five day race. OL16042751W
Cold War, cool medium Cold War, cool medium Thomas Patrick Doherty "Conventional wisdom holds that television was a coconspirator in the repressions of Cold War America, that it was a facilitator to the blacklist and handmaiden to McCarthyism. But Thomas Doherty arg… OL16103179W
The Stewart/Colbert effect The Stewart/Colbert effect Amarnath Amarasingam "The ten essays in this interdisciplinary collection explore the issues engendered by the popularity of entertainment news, including the role of satire in politics, the declining level of trust in t… OL16116790W
Bad News for Refugees Bad News for Refugees Greg Philo Bad News for Refugees analyses the political, economic and environmental contexts of migration and looks specifically at how refugees and asylum seekers have been stigmatised in political rhetoric an… OL17528216W
Al-Jazeera Al-Jazeera Mohammed El-Nawawy,Adel Iskandar,Adel Iskandar Farag "Al-Jazeera, the independent all-Arab television news network based in Qatar, has emerged as ambassador for the Arab world in the events following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the Uni… OL18124461W
Deadlines and datelines Deadlines and datelines Dan Rather A collection of essays in which "CBS Evening News" anchorman Dan Rather shares his thoughts and observations on some of the events he has witnessed and people he has met through his career as a journ… OL18167057W
Let me off at the top! Let me off at the top! Ron Burgundy "The autobiography every true American has been waiting for: a shockingly candid and raw confessional from a national treasure. From his humble beginnings in a desolate Iowa coal mining town, his yea… OL18456164W
Connie Chung Connie Chung Mary Malone 128 p. : 24 cm OL1924138W
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