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Television and Terror : Conflicting Times and the Crisis of News Discourse /

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The advent of the twenty-first century was marked by a succession of conflicts and catastrophes that demanded unrestrained journalism. Hoskins and O'Loughlin demonstrate that television, tarnished by its economy of liveness and its impositions of immediacy, and brevity, fails to deliver critica...

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Main Authors: Hoskins, Andrew (Author), O'Loughlin, Ben (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Series:New security challenges series.
Subjects:
Political Science and International Relations.
Cultural and Media Studies, general.
Film History.
Film and Television Studies.
Media Studies.
Political Communication.
Terrorism and Political Violence.
Communication in politics.
Communication.
Culture > Study and teaching.
Motion pictures and television.
Motion pictures > History.
Political science.
Political violence.
Terrorism.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:The advent of the twenty-first century was marked by a succession of conflicts and catastrophes that demanded unrestrained journalism. Hoskins and O'Loughlin demonstrate that television, tarnished by its economy of liveness and its impositions of immediacy, and brevity, fails to deliver critical and consistent expositions of our conflicting times.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (X, 217 pages)
ISBN:9780230592810
DOI:10.1057/9780230592810