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News (1992 Video)

Subject

Sociology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 20 min., 1999 sale: £28.20 (inc. VAT +p&p)

Goes behind the scenes in a newspaper office, a television station, and a radio station, following specific news stories from editorial conference to final print or broadcast. Examines the strengths of each...

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News and the Democratic Agenda (1997 Video)

aka: News and a Democratic Agenda?

Producer

Eleanor Morris

Subject

Media studies; Politics & government

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 29 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Explores the role of television news in a liberal democracy, as the pace of technological and institutional changes appears to be accelerating in this, the late 20th century. Examines the pressures on...

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News Stories (1995)

Producer

Paul Manners

Subject

English language and literature; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 24 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

Looks at the distinctive ways the English language is used in television news by following a group of trainee journalists, observing their successes and failures. Also features extracts from the BBC...

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Abc News: We Interrupt This Program (2001)

aka: We Interrupt This Program

Subject

History; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1, 55 minutes), $19.98 (+p&p)

Three live broadcasts of breaking news events on ABC News: the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.; the hijacking of TWA Flight 847; and the San Francisco earthquake.

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Itn World News (199 Video)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 60 min., 1996 sale: £46.35 (+VAT +p&p)

A compilation of internation news stories originally produced by Independent Television News. They cover major events but concentrate on issues of ongoing interest and importance.

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News Pack, The (1995 Video)

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 90 min., 1996 sale: £59.50 (inc. VAT +p&p)

A video-based teaching pack arranged to cover the language of news; newspapers and readers; the newspaper industry; representation; inside issues. The video includes editions of BBC NINE O’CLOCK NEWS and...

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Here was the News 1960: Part 1 (2009)

Subject

History; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 75 minutes), £9.50

In 1959, the launch of Anglia Television brought regional news to television sets for the first time. This DVD presents a selection of local news items, from flooding to fashions. The headlines of 1959 and...

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Day Today, The (2004)

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 186 minutes), £19.99

A satire by Steve Coogan on the conventions of British news broadcasting and the artificiality of presentation to which we have become inured. Includes ridiculous stories, patronising vox pops, offensively...

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Race Against Prime Time (1985 Video)

Producer

David Shulman

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 59 min.

Looks at the network and local television news reporting of racial conflict in Miami in 1980, following the acquittal by an all white jury of four Miami police officers on all charges related to the beating...

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Feeding the Beast (2003)

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Sale, VHS (NTSC, 30 minutes), $69.95

Following the resignation of two of the New York Times’ top editors in June 2003 , the programme raises issues about newsgathering and decision-making in journalism by looking at the ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT...

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