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That's the Way it is
Charles L. Ponce de Leon
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Description for That's the Way it is
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFDT; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 496.
When critics decry the current state of our public discourse, one reliably easy target is television news. It's too dumbed-down, they say; it's no longer news but entertainment, celebrity-obsessed and vapid. The critics may be right. But, as Charles L. Ponce de Leon explains in That's the Way It Is, TV news has always walked a fine line between hard news and fluff. The familiar story of decline fails to acknowledge real changes in the media and Americans' news-consuming habits, while also harking back to a golden age that, on closer examination, is revealed to be not so ... Read more
When critics decry the current state of our public discourse, one reliably easy target is television news. It's too dumbed-down, they say; it's no longer news but entertainment, celebrity-obsessed and vapid. The critics may be right. But, as Charles L. Ponce de Leon explains in That's the Way It Is, TV news has always walked a fine line between hard news and fluff. The familiar story of decline fails to acknowledge real changes in the media and Americans' news-consuming habits, while also harking back to a golden age that, on closer examination, is revealed to be not so ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226421520
SKU
V9780226421520
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About Charles L. Ponce de Leon
Charles L. Ponce de Leon is associate professor of history and American Studies at California State University Long Beach.
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