TELEVISION NEWS, POLITICS and YOUNG PEOPLE
GENERATION DISCONNECTED?
Mike Wayne, Julian Petley, Craig Murray, Lesley Henderson.
Published by Palgrave.
'A wonderfully thought-provoking rejoinder to those who maintain that
the media defends liberty through the dominance of the commercial
market. Written by experienced scholars in the field who provide some
fascinating insights into the hidden world of senior broadcasters and
producers'
-Brian D. Loader, University of York
Why are young people alienated from television news? This book argues
that contemporary trends indicating deepening disconnection from news
about public life reflect problems both with the way television news
covers politics - which is the single biggest item on the news - and
with the nature of politics itself under neoliberal capitalism. The
authors explore the representation of young people and politics on
television news and suggest that there are links between these
representations and the reason why young people are turned off news
programming. They ask both broadcasters and young people what they
think can be done to address this issue, and examine the way that young
people consume news. The book concludes that the problem is deep-rooted
and requires profound changes both in our political culture and in the
culture of television news.
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