Glasgow University Media Group ; edited by John Eldridge.
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New York :
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Routledge,
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1993.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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viii, 358 pages :
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illustrations, portraits ;
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24 cm
SERIES
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Communication and society
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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1. News, truth and power / John Eldridge -- 2. Media research: whose agenda? / Howard H. Davis -- 3. Reform and restructuring in the Soviet media: before and after the August 1991 coup / Brian McNair -- 4. The Northern Ireland Information Service and the media: aims, strategy, tactics / David Miller -- 5. From Buerk to Band Aid: the media and the 1984 Ethiopian famine / Greg Philo -- 6. Negotiating HIV/AIDS information: agendas, media strategies and the news / David Miller and Kevin Williams -- 7. Backyard on the front page: the case of Nicaragua / Lucinda Broadbent -- 8. The CBS Evening News, 7 April 1949: creating an ineffable television form / Brian Winston -- 9. AIDS and the British press / Peter Beharrell -- 10. Getting the message: audience research in the Glasgow University Media Group / Greg Philo -- 11. Understanding AIDS: researching audience perceptions of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome / Jenny Kitzinger.
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12. The light at the end of the tunnel: the mass media, public opinion and the Vietnam War / Kevin Williams -- 13. Whose illusion? whose reality? some problems of theory and method in mass media research / John Eldridge.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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The work of the Glasgow Media Group has long been established as being at the forefront of media studies. This collection is an ideal introduction to their recent work.