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Mediating Social Science

  • ISBN-13: 9780803975774
  • Publisher: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
    Imprint: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
  • By Natalie Fenton, By Alan Bryman, By David Deacon
  • Price: AUD $135.00
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  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 08/12/1997
  • Format: Paperback (234.00mm X 156.00mm) 192 pages Weight: 290g
  • Categories: Media studies [JFD]
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What is the interface between social scientists and the media? How does social science come over in news and current affairs in print and broadcasting media? This book examines issues in reception and production studies to build a holistic approach to the study of media representations. The authors give an accessible and authoritative guide to the mass communication process. They examine media production, the nature of media texts, the role of news sources, the general social and political context of mass communication and the ways in which media outputs are assimilated by audiences. The discussions are developed by an examination of the following areas: the interaction between journalists and social scientists; the publicity seeking activities of universities, research institutes and government departments; the attempts of individual social scientists to get noticed; the social policy environment surrounding social scientific research and its dissemination; pressure from funders; and the public understanding of social science in the news.
A leading in the field, Natalie Fenton is Reader and Co-Director of the Goldsmiths Leverhulme Media Research Centre, and co-Director of the new Centre for the Study of Global Media and Democracy. Alan Bryman is Professor of Organizational and Social Research, School of Management, University of Leicester, UK.
Media Sociology and the Sociology of Mediated Studies Images of Social Science The Communication Environment of the Social Sciences Social Scientist as Source Constructing Social Science in the Newsroom Understanding Social Science News Bringing it all Together The Natural History of a News Item Conclusion
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