Terhi Rantanen

Gebundenes Buch

When News Was New

Beschreibung

What is news, and why sell it? What is one buying when one buys news? Is it the 'objectivity' of news that matters, or is it rather its newness, and the public's appetite for the latest scoop? If so, how is news made new? When News was New investigates how news has re-invented itself at different historical moments--from medieval storytellers to 19th century telegraph news agencies to 21st century bloggers. Rantanen argues that the newness of news has been regularly reconstructed, and that news is mostly old stories made new. Reaching out from journalism and journalism studies, this book surveys the wider social implications of news. From hawkers and ballad-mongers in the 1800s, to the current moment of blogging and pod-casting, where modern bloggers 'sing' their stories alongside other performers, When News was New book tracks the evolution of the news, concluding that the era of 'pure' news is over: the difference between news and new stories has again become blurred.

Autor

Terhi Rantanen is Professor and Director of the Master's Proframme in Global Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She has published extensively on global news and is the author of six books and more than fifty chapters and articles published in the UK, the USA, Austria, Finland, Russia, Sweden and Taiwan.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 172
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. April 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 411g
• ISBN-13: 9781405175524
• ISBN-10: 1405175524
• Artikelnr.: 26760194

Rezensionen

"A well structured analysis of journalism and what actually entailsnews, this is both an educational and thought provoking explorationinto the purity of news. (M/C Reviews, March 2010)

"Terhi Rantanen's When News Was New is much more than anarrative of journalism history. This is an investigation into thevery nature of journalism as it changes through the centuries."(Polis Journalism and Society, April 2009)"This is a work of exemplary scholarship that cannot be missed bystudents of communication, and will become indispensable readingfor journalists and media executives struggling to grasp the newdigital world." Manuel Castells, Wallis Annenberg Chair ofCommunication Technology and Society, University of SouthernCalifornia, Los Angeles

"Terhi Rantanen's thoughtful, eloquent and seminal studyof the shifting historical understandings of news, unravels andchallenges existing scholarly orthodoxy. When News Was New is asignificant book which makes compelling and essential reading foreveryone interested in journalism studies." Bob Franklin,Professor of Journalism Studies, Cardiff University

"Terhi Rantanen has given us a brilliant archeology of thevariable meanings of news." Saskia Sassen, Columbia University,author of A Sociology of Globalization

"Terhi Rantanen's When News Was New is much more than a narrative of journalism history. This is an investigation into the very nature of journalism as it changes through the centuries." (Polis Journalism and Society, April 2009)