Description
| Product ID: | 9780761968795 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | News as Entertainment |
| Subtitle: | The Rise of Global Infotainment |
| Authors: | Author: Daya Thussu |
| Page Count: | 224 |
| Subjects: | Politics and government, Politics & government |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 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. "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." 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. |
| Imprint Name: | SAGE Publications Inc |
| Publisher Name: | SAGE Publications Inc |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2009-03-09 |
