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| In: | Pacific Journalism Review : Te Koakoa, 24, 2018, 2, p. 117-133 |
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Auckland University of Technology (AUT) Library
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| Media Type: | Article, E-Article |
| Physical Description: | 117-133 |
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| ISSN: |
2324-2035
1023-9499 |
| DOI: | 10.24135/pjr.v24i2.429 |
| published in: | Pacific Journalism Review : Te Koakoa |
| Language: | Undetermined |
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| Collection: | Auckland University of Technology (AUT) Library (CrossRef) |
<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> |