Analysis of a beat-up: The structuring of a sensational media story
Brian Martin
Pacific Journalism Review · 2018
doi:10.24135/pjr.v24i2.429 (opens in a new tab)
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Abstract
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.
Abstract licence: CC BY-NC
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