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How to watch TV news / Neil Postman and Steve Powers.

By: Postman, Neil.
Contributor(s): Powers, Steve.
Publisher: New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Penguin Books, 1992Description: xi, 178 p. ; 20 cm.ISBN: 0140132317 (pbk.); 9780140132311 (pbk.).Subject(s): Television broadcasting of news -- United States -- Social aspects | Television broadcasting of news -- United States -- Psychological aspects | Content analysis (Communication)DDC classification: 070.195
Contents:
1. Are you watching television or is television watching you? - 2. What is news? - 3. Getting them into the electronic tent - 4. Donuts, big foot, mules, and the bird - 5. Behind the scenes: nuts and bolts - 6. The news director - 7. Reenactments and docudramas, or no news is still news - 8. the bias of language, the bias of pictures - 9. The commercial - 10. Television in the courtroom - 11. What does it all mean? - 12. What can you do? - Index.
Item type Current location Shelf location Call number Copy number Status Notes Date due Barcode
Main Collection Taylor's Library-TU

Floor 3, Shelf 2 , Side 1, TierNo 5, BayNo 5

070.195 POS (Browse shelf) 1 Available SOMAC,09050,03,RM 5000039037
Main Collection Taylor's Library-TU

Floor 3, Shelf 2 , Side 1, TierNo 5, BayNo 5

070.195 POS (Browse shelf) 1 Available SOMAC,09050,03,RM 5000040633
Main Collection Taylor's Library-TU

Floor 3, Shelf 2 , Side 1, TierNo 5, BayNo 5

070.195 POS (Browse shelf) 1 Available SOMAC,09050,03,RM 5000047491

Includes index.

1. Are you watching television or is television watching you? - 2. What is news? - 3. Getting them into the electronic tent - 4. Donuts, big foot, mules, and the bird - 5. Behind the scenes: nuts and bolts - 6. The news director - 7. Reenactments and docudramas, or no news is still news - 8. the bias of language, the bias of pictures - 9. The commercial - 10. Television in the courtroom - 11. What does it all mean? - 12. What can you do? - Index.