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Introduction |
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Part I Reporting the Economic Crisis and the Social Contract: A Case Study |
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1 Introduction: The Economic Background |
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General explanations of and solutions for the economic crises of 1975* |
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2 Wages and Prices Figures |
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How the television news bulletins used government statistics |
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3 From Diagnosis to Prescription |
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How the television news bulletins reported proposed solutions to the crises |
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4 Pointing the Finger: Evaluations and Judgments |
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How the television news bulletins dealt with wage demands and wage settlements; the case of the miners' claim and the Social Contract |
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5 'Who Gets On?': Conclusion |
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The television news bulletins' coverage of economic and industrial affairs in terms of people and institutions |
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Part II Hear It This Way |
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6 News Ideology: Neutrality and Naturalism |
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On the problems of analysing the linguistic component of television news bulletins |
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7 Assembling the News Text |
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Analysis of the language of the television news bulletins during one week in May 1975 |
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8 News Talk: Vocabulary and Industrial Action |
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Analysis of the language of television news bulletins in reporting industrial action |
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Part III See It This Way |
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On the problems of analysing the visual component of television news bulletins |
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Analysis of the opening and closing routines of television news bulletins |
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Analysis of the visual presentation of news personnel in television news bulletins |
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Analysis of the use of still images in television news bulletins during one week in May 1975 |
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13 'Truth 24 Times a Second' — 25 Times for Television |
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Analysis of the use of film, supercaptions, video-tape and live interviews in television news bulletins during one week in May 1975 |
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Conclusion: Ritual Tasks |
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Basic findings and the Bed News debate |
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Appendix A Just One Week |
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A brief analysis of Scottish regional news magazines; an updating of the initial survey of the national bulletins |
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Appendix B Identifying Explanatory Themes |
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A note on the methodology of Part I: expanded tables |
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Appendix C The Events of Sunday 11 May-Saturday 17 May 1975 |
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A description of the weeks events as reported in the television news bulletins for the sample week used in Part II, Chapter 7, and in Part III |
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Notes |
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Index |
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