[ecrea] New book on 24-hour news

>The Rise of 24-Hour News Television: Global Perspectives (Peter 
>Lang) edited by Stephen Cushion and Justin Lewis is now available 
>(follow link to order)
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>http://www.peterlang.com/Index.cfm?vLang=E&vSiteID=&vSiteName=BookDetail%2Ecfm&VID=310776&;
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>Book synopsis
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>In the thirty years since CNN launched the first 24-hour television 
>news service, an ever-growing army of dedicated channels has arrived 
>on the scene. This groundbreaking edited collection is the first to 
>explore the genre of rolling television news channels. Coverage in 
>and of key regions of the world - including North and South America, 
>Europe, Australia, China, India, and the Middle East - is examined 
>by leading international scholars. The Rise of 24-Hour News 
>Television invites readers to explore the diverse ways in which 
>round-the-clock news channels have reshaped the genre of news and, 
>in a broader sense, the impact they have had on democracy itself.
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>Contents
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>Intro) Stephen Cushion/Justin Lewis: Introduction: What Is 24-Hour 
>News Television?
>1) Stephen Cushion: Three Phases of 24-Hour News Television
>2) Michael Bromley: All the World's a Stage: 24/7 News, Newspapers, 
>and the Ages of Media
>3) Mughda Rai/Simon Cottle: Global News Revisited: Mapping the 
>Contemporary Landscape of Satellite Television News
>4) Justin Lewis: Democratic or Disposable? 24-Hour News, Consumer 
>Culture, and Built- in Obsolescence
>5) Chris Paterson: The Hidden Role of Television News Agencies: 
>Going Live on 24-Hour News Channels
>6) Stephen Cushion: Rolling Service, Market Logic: The Race to Be 
>Britain's Most Watched News Channel
>7) C. A. Tuggle/Peter Casella/Suzanne Huffman: Live, Late- Breaking, 
>and Broken: TV News and the Challenge of Live Reporting in America
>8) John Sugden/Alan Tomlinson: What Beckham Had for Breakfast: The 
>Rolling Menu of 24/7 Sports News
>9) Laura Juntunen: Explaining the Need for Speed: Speed and 
>Competition as Challenges to Journalism Ethics
>10) Mohamed Zayani: The Changing Face of Arab News Media: 
>Ambiguities and Opportunities
>11)  Claudia Boyd-Barrett/Oliver Boyd-Barrett: 24/7 News as Counter- 
>Hegemonic Soft Power in Latin America
>12) Muhammad I. Ayish: Morality vs. Politics in the Public Sphere: 
>How the Al Jazeera Satellite Channel Humanized a Bloody Political 
>Conflict in Gaza
>13) Sally Young: Audiences and the Impact of 24-Hour News in 
>Australia and Beyond
>14)  Raymond Kuhn: France 24: Too Little, Too Late, Too French?
>15) John Jirik: 24-Hour  Television News in the People's Republic of China
>16) Carsten Reinemann/Nayla Fawzi: The Shrinking News Agenda: How 
>Market Forces Have Shaped 24-Hour Television News Channels in Germany
>17) Nalin Mehta: India Live: Satellites, Politics, and India's TV 
>News Revolution.
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>Advance reviews of the book
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>"While CNN was the first TV channel to offer a rolling 24-hour news 
>service, in the three decades since it was launched hundreds of such 
>channels have emerged at the global, national and even local level. 
>Moreover, these channels have become a ubiquitous feature of modern 
>public spaces, as the home no longer has a monopoly on television 
>screens. This outstanding collection by Stephen Cushion and Justin 
>Lewis is the first sustained effort to analytically address this 
>broad genre as a whole and to elucidate its impact. From a variety 
>of perspectives, and with admirable clarity, the chapters explore 
>the development of 24/7 news, its technology, economics and 
>politics. Most importantly, with its wide-ranging topics and the 
>diversity of angles, the book illuminates the significance of this 
>genre for the values and practices of journalism, for audiences, and 
>for democracy itself. Engaging and accessible, this is truly a 
>welcomed contribution." Peter Dahlgren, University of Lund, Sweeden
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>"This account of the rise of instantly disposable news is revealing 
>about changes in the culture and practice of journalism, and also 
>for a reappraisal of globalisation.  De-westernising journalism 
>studies in an intelligent way, this book deserves to be read around 
>the world."  Professor James Curran, Goldsmiths, University of London
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>"24-hour news is part of everyday life, whether via Twitter (for 
>people over 30); cable and satellite (for people over 40); 
>newspapers (for people over 50); or gossip sites (for everyone). 
>This outstanding new collection gives us both historical insight and 
>geographical and intellectual diversity--stay tuned". Toby Miller, 
>University of California, Riverside
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>"This panoramic, global work is smart, thoughtful and exhaustive, 
>the antithesis of the in-depth trivia and fast-breaking rumor, 
>innuendo and speculation that much of 24-hour news has become. I am 
>mightily impressed by the laser focus and scholarship."  Howard 
>Rosenberg, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, co-author of 'No Time 
>to Think: The Menace of Media Speed and the 24-hour News Cycle'.

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