{"product_id":"tabloid-tales-global-debates-over-media-standards-paperback","title":"Tabloid Tales: Global Debates Over Media Standards - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBarbie Zelizer\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eS. Elizabeth Bird\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by), \u003cb\u003eRod Brookes\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCoverage of the Clinton-Lewinsky saga followed in a long trail of media exposures of the more personal details of the lives of public figures. Many commentators have seen stories like this, and TV shows like Jerry Springer's, as evidence of a decline in the standards of the mass media. This increasing interest in private lives and the falling off of coverage of serious news is often described as \"tabloidization.\" The essays in this book are the first serious scholarly studies of what is going on and what its implications are. Reality, it turns out, is much more complex than some of the laments suggest. As the contributors show, this is not just a U.S. problem but is repeated in country after country, and it is not certain that the media anywhere are getting more tabloid. What is more, there is no consensus about whether tabloidization is just \"dumbing down\" or whether it is a necessary tactic for the mass media to engage with new audiences who do not have the news habit. \u003ci\u003eTabloid Tales\u003c\/i\u003e will be of interest to students and scholars in journalism, mass communication, political science, and cultural and media studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eColin Sparks\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of media studies in the Centre for Communication and Information Studies at the University of Westminster. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Tulloch\u003c\/b\u003e is chair of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Westminster.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.74 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 22, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50314866327789,"sku":"9780847695720","price":134.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/rz7KKge5rY9780847695720.webp?v=1784670226","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-ca\/products\/tabloid-tales-global-debates-over-media-standards-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}