White News Why Local News Programs Don't Cover People of Color

Name: White News Why Local News Programs Don't Cover People of Color
Price: 6.83 USD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9780805839562

ISBN-10: 0805839569

ISBN-13: 9780805839562

Edition: 2000

Authors: Don Heider

List price: $34.95

This item qualifies for FREE shipping.

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Buy new: $51.11

Marketplace

2 new & used from $6.83

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Description:

Is TV news racist? If the purpose of local news is to cover individual communities and to present issues of interest and concern to local audiences, why are local newscasts so similar in markets around the country? These are the questions that motivated Heider's research, leading to the development of this book. Recognizing that local news is the outlet through which most people get their news, Heider ventured into the local television newsrooms in two moderate-size, culturally diverse U.S. markets to observe the news process. In this report, he uses his insider's perspective to examine why local television news coverage of people of color does not occur in more meaningful ways. Heider…

Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 11/1/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 128
Size: 9.02" wide x 5.98" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English