New Book: The Rise of 24-Hour News Television

The Rise of 24-Hour News Television: Global Perspectives (Peter Lang) edited by Stephen
Cushion and Justin Lewis is now available (follow link to order)

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Book synopsis

In the thirty years since CNN launched the first 24-hour television news service, an
ever-growing army of dedicated channels has arrived on the scene. This groundbreaking
edited collection is the first to explore the genre of rolling television news channels.
Coverage in and of key regions of the world - including North and South America, Europe,
Australia, China, India, and the Middle East - is examined by leading international
scholars. The Rise of 24-Hour News Television invites readers to explore the diverse
ways in which round-the-clock news channels have reshaped the genre of news and, in a
broader sense, the impact they have had on democracy itself.

Contents

Intro) Stephen Cushion/Justin Lewis: Introduction: What Is 24-Hour News Television?
1) Stephen Cushion: Three Phases of 24-Hour News Television
2) Michael Bromley: All the World's a Stage: 24/7 News, Newspapers, and the Ages of Media
3) Mughda Rai/Simon Cottle: Global News Revisited: Mapping the Contemporary Landscape of
Satellite Television News
4) Justin Lewis: Democratic or Disposable? 24-Hour News, Consumer Culture, and Built- in
Obsolescence
5) Chris Paterson: The Hidden Role of Television News Agencies: Going Live on 24-Hour
News Channels
6) Stephen Cushion: Rolling Service, Market Logic: The Race to Be Britain's Most Watched
News Channel
7) C. A. Tuggle/Peter Casella/Suzanne Huffman: Live, Late- Breaking, and Broken: TV News
and the Challenge of Live Reporting in America
8) John Sugden/Alan Tomlinson: What Beckham Had for Breakfast: The Rolling Menu of 24/7
Sports News
9) Laura Juntunen: Explaining the Need for Speed: Speed and Competition as Challenges to
Journalism Ethics
10) Mohamed Zayani: The Changing Face of Arab News Media: Ambiguities and Opportunities
11)  Claudia Boyd-Barrett/Oliver Boyd-Barrett: 24/7 News as Counter- Hegemonic Soft
Power in Latin America
12) Muhammad I. Ayish: Morality vs. Politics in the Public Sphere: How the Al Jazeera
Satellite Channel Humanized a Bloody Political Conflict in Gaza
13) Sally Young: Audiences and the Impact of 24-Hour News in Australia and Beyond
14)  Raymond Kuhn: France 24: Too Little, Too Late, Too French?
15) John Jirik: 24-Hour  Television News in the People's Republic of China
16) Carsten Reinemann/Nayla Fawzi: The Shrinking News Agenda: How Market Forces Have
Shaped 24-Hour Television News Channels in Germany
17) Nalin Mehta: India Live: Satellites, Politics, and India's TV News Revolution.

Advance reviews of the book

"While CNN was the first TV channel to offer a rolling 24-hour news service, in the
three decades since it was launched hundreds of such channels have emerged at the
global, national and even local level. Moreover, these channels have become a ubiquitous
feature of modern public spaces, as the home no longer has a monopoly on television
screens. This outstanding collection by Stephen Cushion and Justin Lewis is the first
sustained effort to analytically address this broad genre as a whole and to elucidate
its impact. From a variety of perspectives, and with admirable clarity, the chapters
explore the development of 24/7 news, its technology, economics and politics. Most
importantly, with its wide-ranging topics and the diversity of angles, the book
illuminates the significance of this genre for the values and practices of journalism,
for audiences, and for democracy itself. Engaging and accessible, this is truly a
welcomed contribution." Peter Dahlgren, University of Lund, Sweeden

"This account of the rise of instantly disposable news is revealing about changes in the
culture and practice of journalism, and also for a reappraisal of globalisation. 
De-westernising journalism studies in an intelligent way, this book deserves to be read
around the world."  Professor James Curran, Goldsmiths, University of London

"24-hour news is part of everyday life, whether via Twitter (for people over 30); cable
and satellite (for people over 40); newspapers (for people over 50); or gossip sites
(for everyone). This outstanding new collection gives us both historical insight and
geographical and intellectual diversity--stay tuned". Toby Miller, University of
California, Riverside

"This panoramic, global work is smart, thoughtful and exhaustive, the antithesis of the
in-depth trivia and fast-breaking rumor, innuendo and speculation that much of 24-hour
news has become. I am mightily impressed by the laser focus and scholarship."  Howard
Rosenberg, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, co-author of 'No Time to Think: The Menace
of Media Speed and the 24-hour News Cycle'.