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From inception to reception: the natural history of a news item

1999; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 21; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1177/016344399021001001

1460-3675

David Deacon, Natalie Fenton, Alan Bryman,

Media, Communication, and Education

This article compares the complex dynamics involved in the production and reception of a newspaper article. This case study is used as the basis for a broader discussion of the encoding and decoding of meaning via the news media. The article recommends that closer attention needs to be given to the linkages between these moments in the mass communication process, and the temporal contexts within which they occur.