The Political Content of British Economic, Business and Financial Journalism A Deficit of Perspectives /

• Main Author: Merrill, Gary James (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Journalism.; Ethnology-Europe.; Business enterprises-Finance.; British Culture.; Business Finance.

This book assesses the extent to which British news organizations gave exposure and credence to different political interpretations of economics and business news in the decade before the 2008 Financial Crisis. Through the content analysis of some 1,600 news items, this study provides compelling emp...

Table of Contents:

• 1. The nature and nurture of EBF journalism
• 2. Research design
• 3. 'The Battle for Free Trade'
• 4. 'Union Canuts can't stop PFI tide'
• 5. 'How sinful is your shopping basket?'
• 6. Summary and discussion.