global debates over media standards Sparks, Colin. creator Sparks, Colin 1947- Tulloch, John 1946- text Lanham, Md Rowman & Littlefield c2000 monographic xiii, 315 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Chapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 Introduction: The Panic over Tabloid News Part 3 Part One: Are the Tabloids Taking Over?Chapter 4 1 Political Space and the Trade in Television News Chapter 5 2 Does Tabloidization Make German Local Newspapers Successful? Chapter 6 3 Tabloidization in the British Press: A Quantitative Investigation into Changes in British Newspapers, 1952- 1997 Chapter 7 4 Thirty Years of Competition in the British Tabloid Press: The Mirror and the Sun, 1968-1998 Chapter 8 5 The Development of the Tabloid Press in Hungary Part 9 Part Two: Tabloid Journalism in Perspective Chapter 10 6 The Eternal Recurrence of New Journalism Chapter 11 7 The Home and Family Section in the Japanese Newspaper Chapter 12 8 Talking about the Tabloids: Journalists' Views Chapter 13 9 Tabloidized Political Coverage in the German Bild-Zeitung Chapter 14 10 Tabloidization, Media Panics, and Mad Cow Disease Part 15 Part Three: What Implications Does Tabloid Journalism Have for Society?Chapter 16 11 Audience Demands in a Murderous Market: Tabloidization of U.S. Television News Chapter 17 12 Literacy, Seriousness, and the Oprah Winfrey Book Club Chapter 18 13 Rethinking Personalization in Current Affairs Journalism Chapter 19 14 La Nota Roja: Popular Journalism and the Transition to Democracy in Mexico Chapter 20 15 Tabloidization, Popular Journalism, and Democracy. edited by Colin Sparks and John Tulloch. Includes bibliographical references and index. Journalistic ethics Mass media Moral and ethical aspects Sensationalism in journalism Sensationalism on television Tabloid newspapers 302.23 0847695719 (cloth : alk. paper) 0847695727 (pbk : alk. paper) 99039675 6884