Tabloidisation of the media.
Date Submitted: 07/07/2003 15:32:09
Category: / Social Sciences / Communication Studies
Length: 12 pages (3272 words)
Category: / Social Sciences / Communication Studies
Length: 12 pages (3272 words)
The definition of tabloid has changed over time. It originally meant to describe a small tablet of medication that was easy to swallow. When first applied to the media it described the smaller size of the new papers but now has many connotations one of which is that it, fittingly, makes the news easier to swallow. Tabloidisation of the media today connotes a shift away from the reporting of important information like politics and foreign …
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Walter, Tony, Jane Littlewood and Mike Pickering. "Beauty and the Beast. Sex and Death in the Tabloid Press." In Death, Gender and Ethnicity, edited by David Field, Jenny Hockey and Neil Small, pp. 124 - 128. New York; Routledge, 1997.
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