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Understanding the local media

Title
Understanding the local media / Meryl Aldridge.
Author
Aldridge, Meryl.
Publication
Maidenhead : Open University Press, 2007.

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Description
193 pages; 23 cm
Summary
Exploring the British local media, arguing that they are an important component of media production and consumption, but that their central public role has been curiously neglected, this book explores the development of the local media, the streamlining of the industry, the advantages of owning local media, and more.
Subject
  • Local mass media > Great Britain
  • Local mass media
  • Lokale pers
  • Lokale omroep
  • Sociologische aspecten
  • Massmedia > Storbritannien > 1900-talet > 2000-talet
  • Great Britain
  • Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Why local media matter -- Regional and local newspapers : just another retailer? -- Imagining the community -- Local broadcasting : what price public service? -- Must broadcast regional news be anodyne? -- A delicate balance : media in the nations of the UK -- Working in local media : from smoke-filled rooms to sweatshops -- What is the future for local media?
ISBN
  • 9780335221721
  • 0335221726
  • 0335221734
  • 9780335221738
  • 9780335227138 (canceled/invalid)
OCLC
  • ocm77795692
  • 77795692
  • SCSB-8812180
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library