Greg Philo is Reader in Sociology and Research Director of the Media Unit, University of Glasgow and a founder member of the Glasgow University Media Group.

• Part 1 Industrial and economic reporting; Chapter 1 *This chapter was originally published in 1982 in Really Bad News (London: Writers & Readers Co-operative). We would like to acknowledge the help of Lilian Weir in preparing the ‘Leyland again – déjà vu’ section of this chapter.Editor’s note: Every effort has been made to locate the original illustrations but in some cases these had to be filmed from earlier publications so quality is consequently not high, especially in cases where the original was filmed from a television screen., Greg Philo, John Hewitt, Peter Beharrell; Chapter 2 ‘Reasonable men and responsible citizens’, Greg Philo, Peter Beharrell, John Hewitt; Chapter 3 *This chapter was originally published in Social Studies Review, May 1991, pp. 174–7., Greg Philo; Part 2 War reporting: Northern Ireland, the Falklands and the Gulf War; Chapter 4 The Media and Northern Ireland, David Miller; Chapter 5 The Falklands War; Chapter 6 The Falklands War: the home front; Chapter 7 *This chapter was originally published in 1993 as a report by the Glasgow University Media Group., Greg Philo, Greg McLaughlin; Part 3 Politics and Media; Chapter 8 Political News, Greg Philo, Peter Beharrel, John Hewitt; Chapter 9 *I would like to acknowledge the help and comments of John Hewitt and Howard Davis in preparing the original drafts of this chapter., Greg Philo; Chapter 10 *This chapter was originally published in Media Culture and Society, vol. 15 (1993), pp. 407–18., Greg Philo; Chapter 11 Television, politics and the rise of the New Right, Greg Philo;