Almost Midnight: Reforming the Late-Night News

by Itzhak Roeh (Editor), Barbie Zelizer, Elihu Katz

Describes the shaping of an innovative nightly TV news show in Israel that was designed to operate outside the traditional format and expectations of news shows. The authors -- participants and social scientists -- are led to valuable speculations and conclusions about the nature of television news. ′It is memorable for its full-bodiedness, encompassing the three components of the television process...a superb illustration of the emergence of conflict themes in organizations...′ Journal of Communication, Winter 1982 ′The details of this experiment are more than interesting. The book provides the reader with a sociological portrait of how new ideas and ways of conducting businesses should be introduced into

197 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1980