Analysis of a beat-up: The structuring of a sensational media story


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Authors and Corporations: Martin, Brian
In: Pacific Journalism Review : Te Koakoa, 24, 2018, 2, p. 117-133
published:
Auckland University of Technology (AUT) Library
Media Type: Article, E-Article

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Physical Description:117-133
ISSN: 2324-2035
1023-9499
DOI:10.24135/pjr.v24i2.429
published in: Pacific Journalism Review : Te Koakoa
Language: Undetermined
Subjects:
Communication
Collection:Auckland University of Technology (AUT) Library (CrossRef)
Table of Contents
Summary:<jats:p>Media beat-ups are sensationalised stories that greatly exaggerate or misrepresent the significance of otherwise unremarkable events or issues. To illustrate how beat-ups can be analysed, a front-page story in Sydney’s Daily Telegraph newspaper in the context of the US-led global war on terror is examined in terms of its venue, the journalist and the content of the story. The features of a beat-up may be less arbitrary than they appear on the surface.</jats:p>