Media effects and the question of the rational audience: Lessons from the financial markets

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An alternative account of the links between mass media/communications and mass behavior is presented, focusing on the elite, specific, financial audience. The assessment indicates that rational, self-interested individuals can collectively behave in mass irrational ways and in response to common sources of media and communications.

Forecasts, trends, outlooks, Forecasts and trends, Communications industry, Market trend/market analysis, Collective behavior, Collective behaviour, Stock markets, Stock market

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The birth of news discourse: changes in news language in British newspapers, 1880-1930

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This article examines the discourse of news journalism in Britain from 1880-1930, focusing on the language of the news that distinguishes it from public discourse. Topics addressed include textual authority, the social conventions of writing, and how modern news language shapes the representation of the world.

Newspaper publishing, Language and languages, British newspapers, Mass media and language

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Public relations, news production and changing patterns of source access in the British national media

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The author discusses the influence of professional public relations firms on the process of news production in the UK. Topics include the rise of public relations in Britain and the decline in news gathering resources in the newspaper and broadcasting industries.

Popular culture, Public relations, Press

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