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In Tabloid Television, John Langer describes television's 'other news' as news about fires, floods, accidents, celebrity lifestyles, the heroic acts of humble people and the weather. Langer argues that this 'other' news must be recognised as being of equal importance to the study of broadcast journalism as 'hard' political and social news John Langer's study uses detailed textual readings to explore 'other news' as a form of cultural discourse connected with story-telling, gossip, social memory, the horror film, national identity and the cult of fame. Langer also examines the political role played by this allegedly non-political news form, and explores the links between the 'other news' and recent braodcasting trends towards 'reality television'.

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