“This first book to explore the role of news and journalism in contemporary culture from an anthropological perspective provides powerful insights for analyzing case studies from around the world. ”
“[T]his volume will remain a key work of reference in the field for many years to come. It greatly enriches the media anthropological corpus and offers a range of case studies and conceptual tools that students and scholars in the anthropology of media and neighbouring fields will want to apply and develop in new contexts. ”
— Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
“[T]he book offers fresh perspectives on the topic of the anthropology of news and journalism and it does so in a way that is both scholarly and accessible. ”
— Ecquid Novi: African Journalism Studies
“A much-needed contribution to the anthropology of mass media, S. Elizabeth Bird's edited book on news and journalism can be read as an extremely productive reevaluation of not just anthropology's contribution to the study of news, but mass media in general. 106.2011”
— Anthropos
“Provide[s] fascinating insights into the variations and continuities of news as social process in distinct cultural contexts. . . . Highly recommended.”
— Choice
“[Provides] an array of insights and challenging questions that will be of interest to anyone keen to move on from the traditional assumption that news is simply news.Issue 135, May 2010.”
— Lawrie Zion, Media Studies, La Trobe University
“A thoughtful, persuasive, necessary, and long overdue tracking of the intersection connecting journalism and anthropology. ”
— Barbie Zelizer, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania
“Extends the dialogue between anthropology and journalism into fruitful realms, focusing as it does on news in particular, rather than broader issues involving the mass media.”
— Michael Evans, School of Journalism, Indiana University
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