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Daya Thussu - News as Entertainment: The Rise of Global Infotainment - 9780761968795 - V9780761968795
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News as Entertainment: The Rise of Global Infotainment

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Description for News as Entertainment: The Rise of Global Infotainment Paperback. A study of infotainment and its globalization by a leading scholar of global communication, offers an analysis of this emerging phenomenon. It argues that infotainment may have an important ideological role, a diversion in which 'soft news' masks the hard realities of neo-liberal imperialism. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: KNTD; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 163 x 14. Weight in Grams: 348.
"Thussu brings to this project the passion for news of a socially committed former journalist, the political economy of his international relations education and a formidable assembly of global detail, examining the recent explosion of ′infotainment′."
- John Downing, Southern Illinois University

"Thussu′s account of war as infotainment, the Bollywoodization of news and the emergence of a global infotainment sphere is as compelling as it is alarming. This is a significant and essential book for anyone interested in exploring the connections between news journalism, informed citizenship and democracy."
- Bob Franklin, The Cardiff School of Journalism, ... Read mores

Richly detailed and empirically grounded, this first book-length study of infotainment and its globalization by a leading scholar of global communication, offers a comprehensive and critical analysis of this emerging phenomenon. Going beyond - both geographically and theoretically - the ′dumbing down′ discourse, largely confined to the Anglo-American media, the book argues that infotainment may have an important ideological role, a diversion in which ′soft news′ masks the hard realities of neo-liberal imperialism.

Chapters include a historical appraisal of infotainment; the infrastructure for its globalization as well as coverage of recent wars on television news as high-tech infotainment and the growing synergies between Hollywood and Bollywood-originated infotainment. A ′global infotainment sphere′ is emerging, the book argues, within which competing versions of news - from 24/7 news networks to bloggers - coexist. Accessible, engagingly written and robustly argued, the book combines analyses of theoretical debates on infotainment with extensive and up-to-date comparative data.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
SAGE Publications Inc United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Thousand Oaks, United States
ISBN
9780761968795
SKU
V9780761968795
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About Daya Thussu
Daya Kishan Thussu is Professor of International Communication and Co-Director of India Media Centre at the University of Westminster in London. A PhD in International Relations from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, he is the founder and Managing Editor of Global Media and Communication, a journal published by SAGE. He has authored and edited as many as 17 books. Among his key publications are: Mapping BRICS ... Read more

Reviews for News as Entertainment: The Rise of Global Infotainment
Thussu brings to this project the passion for news of a socially committed former journalist, the political economy of his international relations education and a formidable assembly of global detail, examining the recent explosion of ′infotainment′.
John Downing Thussu′s account of war as infotainment, the Bollywoodization of news and the emergence of a global infotainment sphere, is as compelling ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for News as Entertainment: The Rise of Global Infotainment


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