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1. Producing the news, producing the crisis: narrativity, television and news work

Author

Jacobs, Ronald N.

Subjects
Television broadcasting of news -- Social aspects, Broadcast journalism -- Social aspects, Mass media specialists -- Methods, Ethnic, cultural, racial issues/studies, Mass communications
Abstract

Researchers should take a more multidimensional approach to analysis of television news. News workers approach routine news production and the making of 'media events' differently, and suffuse all news content with meaning through their use of a narrative approach. The preparation of news content is influenced by news workers' perceptions of several audiences, including both colleagues and viewers. The broadcasting of 'media events,' such as the verdict in the Reginald Denny trial, is discussed and analysed with a multidimensional approach.

Published
1996

3. My Life

Author

Jacobs, Ronald N.

Subjects
My Life (Book) -- Book reviews -- Clinton, Bill, Books -- Book reviews, Anthropology/archeology/folklore, Psychology and mental health, Sociology and social work
Abstract

My Life By Bill Clinton Alfred A. Knopf, 2004. 957 pages. $35 (cloth), $17.95 (paper) Producing a sociological review of My Life presents an interesting and unusual set of challenges. [...]

Published
2005

5. On the communicative geography of global sociology

Author

Jacobs, Ronald N. and Townsley, Eleanor

Subjects
Knowledge transfer -- International aspects -- Analysis, Knowledge, Sociology of -- Analysis, International communication -- Analysis, Interdisciplinary approach in education -- Analysis, Sociology -- Analysis, Sociology and social work, International communications, Analysis, International aspects
Abstract

Abstract. This article analyzes the two distinct communicative logics that inform the institutional geography and normative understanding of global sociology. The globalizing logic imagines a unitary global space that organizes [...]

Published
2008

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