"Love it or loathe it" : audience responses to tabloids in the UK and Germany /

"Love it or loathe it" : audience responses to tabloids in the UK and Germany /

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Author / Creator:Brichta, Mascha K.
Imprint:Bielefeld : Transcript, ©2011.
Description:1 online resource (293 pages)
Language:English
Series:Cultural studies ; v. 39
Cultural studies (Transcript (Firm)) ; 39.
Subject:
Sun (London, England : 1964)
Bild-Zeitung.
Bild-Zeitung.
Tabloid newspapers -- Great Britain -- Public opinion.
Tabloid newspapers -- Germany -- Public opinion.
Journalism -- Social aspects -- Great Britain.
Journalism -- Social aspects -- Germany.
Journalism -- Social aspects.
Germany.
Great Britain.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12315085
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Varying Form of Title:Audience responses to tabloids in the UK and Germany
ISBN:9783839418857
3839418852
1306999995
9781306999991
Notes:Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Westminster.
Includes bibliographical references.
In English.
Print version record.
Summary:Popular newspapers like the British "The Sun" and the German "Bild" regularly invite controversy over their morals and methods, power and responsibility, political and social impact. At best, their reporting is rejected as trivial, vulgar and tasteless; at worst, it is deemed hazardous to the workings of democratic society. Yet, the papers are able to attract large audiences, and contribute significantly to the daily lives of millions of readers. This book looks at popular newspapers from an audience point of view. Examining the crucial relationship between news and entertainment, it provides timely empirical evidence for the values tabloids really have for readers and modern day Britain and Germany. Contradicting common myths and stereotypes, the book calls for fresh perspectives on the popular media and their audiences. With a foreword by Peter Dahlgren, Lund University, Sweden.
Other form:Print version: Brichta, Mascha K. "Love it or loathe it". Bielefeld : Transcript, ©2011 1306999995
Standard no.:10.14361/transcript.9783839418857
Table of Contents:
  • Cover "Love it or Loathe it"; Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Chapter 1: Introduction. Studying Tabloid Reading Cross-Nationally; Background Contexts; Book Outline; PART I: TABLOIDS FROM A CROSS-NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE; Chapter 2: Similar Phenomena. Aspects of the British The Sun and the German Bild; Profitable: The Sun & Bild as Commercial Enterprises; Controversial: Historical Events involving The Sun and Bild; Distinguishable: Editorial Characteristics of the Tabloid Press; Conclusions; Chapter 3: Differing Contexts. Media Systems & Journalistic Traditions in Britain & Germany.
  • Press HistoryPress Laws; Press Markets; Professional Traditions; Conclusions; PART II: TABLOIDS IN THE ACADEMIC DEBATE; Chapter 4: Theorising Tabloids. Approaches to Popular Newspapers; Implying Detrimental Effects: Traditional Approaches; Turning to 'The Other': Alternative Approaches; Conclusions; Chapter 5: Milestones Revisited. Building on Previous Audience Studies; Providing the Ground; Newspaper Audiences in the Spotlight; Tabloid Newspaper Reception; Conclusions; PART III: TABLOIDS FROM AN AUDIENCE POINT OF VIEW; Chapter 6: Methodology. Planning, Devising and Carrying out the Research.
  • Comparing Nations: Conceptual FrameworkDevising the Tools: the Research Design; Linking Principles and Practice: the Research Experience; Reaching Conclusions: the Data Analysis; Conclusions; Chapter 7: Balancing Tensions. The Politics of Reading Tabloids; Trivialising Tabloids: the "Light Entertainment" View; Scrutinising Tabloids: the "Flawed Journalism" View; Endorsing Tabloids: the "Social Value" View; Dismissing Tabloids: the "Ideological Imposition" View; Conclusions; Chapter 8: Fostering Engagement. The Participatory Potential of Tabloids; Access to News; A Currency of Communication.
  • Spaces of NegotiationConclusions; Chapter 9: Managing Identity. Tabloids as Tools for Social Belonging; Rehearsing Nationhood: 'the Trouble with this Country'; Flagging Nationhood: Socially Accepted Contexts of Patriotism; Belonging and Distinction: Notions of Status and Class; Conclusions; Chapter 10: Tabloid Modes of Engagement; Reading Popular News; The Tabloids' "Negotiative Space"; Subtle Distinctions: Cross-National Differences; Looking Ahead: Future Perspectives; Bibliography; Appendix: Focus Group Guide (English version).

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