{"product_id":"news-as-entertainment","title":"News As Entertainment","description":"\"Thussu brings to this project the passion for news of a socially committed former journalist, the political economy of his international relations education and a formidable assembly of global detail, examining the recent explosion of ′infotainment′.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e-John Downing, Southern Illinois University\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Thussu′s account of war as infotainment, the Bollywoodization of news and the emergence of a global infotainment sphere is as compelling as it is alarming. This is a significant and essential book for anyone interested in exploring the connections between news journalism, informed citizenship and democracy.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e- \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBob Franklin, The Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studie\u003c\/em\u003es\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichly detailed and empirically grounded, this first book-length study of infotainment and its globalization by a leading scholar of global communication, offers a comprehensive and critical analysis of this emerging phenomenon. Going beyond - both geographically and theoretically - the ′dumbing down′ discourse, largely confined to the Anglo-American media, the book argues that infotainment may have an important ideological role, a diversion in which ′soft news′ masks the hard realities of neo-liberal imperialism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapters include a historical appraisal of infotainment; the infrastructure for its globalization as well as coverage of recent wars on television news as high-tech infotainment and the growing synergies between Hollywood and Bollywood-originated infotainment. A ′global infotainment sphere′ is emerging, the book argues, within which competing versions of news - from 24\/7 news networks to bloggers - coexist. Accessible, engagingly written and robustly argued, the book combines analyses of theoretical debates on infotainment with extensive and up-to-date comparative data.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57321213657470,"sku":"NW9780761968795","price":44.24,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780761968795.jpg?v=1778687162","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/news-as-entertainment","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}