1st Edition
Geography, The Media and Popular Culture
In this book, originally published in 1985, British and North American geographers present original and challenging viewpoints on the media. The essays deal with a diverse content, ranging from the presentation of news to the nature of television programming and from rock music lyrics to film visions of the city.
1. Introduction: Place, the Media and Popular Culture Jacquelin Burgess and John R. Gold 2. Television in the Third World: A High Wind on Jamaica Peter Gould and Anne Lyew-Ayee 3. The Changing Concept of Place in the News Susan R. Brooker-Gross 4. Natural Hazards in Novels and Films: Implications for Hazard Perception and Behaviour Diana M. Liverman and Douglas R. Sherman 5. ‘The Truth is only known by Guttersnipes’ Bob Jarvis 6. From ‘Metropolis’ to ‘The City’: Film Visions of the Future City, 1919-1939 John R. Gold 8. Racism, Nationalism and the Creation of a Regional Myth: The Southern States After the American Civil War Catherine P. Silk and John A. Silk 9. News from Nowhere: The Press, the Riots and the Myth of the Inner City Jacquelin Burgess 10. News and the Dissemination of Fear Susan J. Smith
Biography
Burgess, Jacquelin ; Gold, John R
