News We Can Use: An Audience Perspective on the Tabloidisation of News in the United States

IF 1.7 3区 文学 Q2 COMMUNICATION Javnost-The Public Pub Date : 1998-01-01 DOI:10.1080/13183222.1998.11008681
S. Bird
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AbstractIn the United States, television news is where the issue of tabloidisation is most loudly debated, as news merges into the countless talk shows and syndicated “reality” programming. While critics often place the blame on the journalism profession itself, I focus on the audience drive toward tabloidisation, critiquing both the uncritical celebration of the “active” audience, and the view that audiences are simply mindless recipients of whatever journalists feed them. Using data from a small study of news audiences, I argue that we must understand the value of dramatic, narrative news in everyday life. At the same time, I argue that the storytelling news style, characterised by disconnected, highly personal narratives, is in danger of replacing rational, considered, and critical analysis in news. In particular, young people are becoming less interested in news, and less critical of the techniques typical of tabloid style. I conclude that we must strive to develop a journalism that could embrace tabl...
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我们可以使用的新闻:美国新闻小报化的受众视角
在美国,电视新闻是小报化问题争论最激烈的地方,因为新闻融入了无数的谈话节目和联合的“真人秀”节目。虽然评论家们经常把责任归咎于新闻职业本身,但我关注的是受众对小报化的驱动,批评了对“活跃”受众的不加批判的庆祝,以及认为受众只是记者们灌输给他们的任何东西的盲目接受者的观点。我利用对新闻受众进行的一项小型研究的数据,认为我们必须理解戏剧性、叙述性新闻在日常生活中的价值。与此同时,我认为,以不连贯的、高度个人化的叙述为特征的讲故事的新闻风格,正面临着取代新闻中理性、深思熟虑和批判性分析的危险。特别是,年轻人对新闻的兴趣越来越少,对小报风格的典型技巧的批评也越来越少。我的结论是,我们必须努力发展一种新闻业,这种新闻业可以拥抱……
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期刊介绍: Javnost - The Public, an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed social and cultural science journal published by the European Institute for Communication and Culture in association with the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, addresses problems of the public sphere on international and interdisciplinary levels. It encourages the development of theory and research, and helps understand differences between cultures. Contributors confront problems of the public, public communication, public opinion, public discourse, publicness, publicity, and public life from a variety of disciplinary and theoretical perspectives.
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