Postman, Neil.

How to watch TV news / Neil Postman and Steve Powers ; with new and updated material by Steve Powers. - Rev. ed. - New York, N.Y. : Penguin, 2008. - xiii, 178 p. ; 20 cm.

Includes index.

Are you watching television, or is television watching you? -- What is news? -- Getting them into the electronic tent -- Donuts, Big Foot, mules and the bird -- Behind the scenes: nuts and bolts -- The news director -- Reenactments and docudramas, or no news is still news -- The bias of language, the bias of pictures -- The commercial -- Television in the courtroom -- What does it all mean? -- What can you do? -- Where do we go from here?

"This newly revised book reveals the shocking ways in which media is manipulating our worldview - and bombarding America's television viewers with misinformation."--Book jacket.

9780143113775 0143113771

2008015156


20151100.
Noticieros por televisión--Aspectos sociales.--Estados Unidos
Noticieros por televisión--Aspectos psicológicos.--Estados Unidos
Análisis de contenido (Comunicación)
Television broadcasting of news--Social aspects.--United States
Television broadcasting of news--Psychological aspects.--United States
Content analysis (Communication)

PN 4888 / P858h 2008

070.43