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Weather on the Air
eBook - A History of Broadcast Meteorology
ISBN/EAN: 9781935704003
Umbreit-Nr.: 9289377
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 0 S., 5.77 MB
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Einband:
Keine Angabe
Erschienen am 05.01.2013
Auflage: 1/2013
E-Book
Format: PDF
DRM: Digitales Wasserzeichen
- Zusatztext
- From low humor to high drama, TV weather reporting has encompassed an enormous range of styles and approaches, triggering chuckles, infuriating the masses, and at times even saving lives. In Weather on the Air, meteorologist and science journalist Robert Henson covers it allthe people, technology, science, and show business that combine to deliver the weather to the public each day. Featuring the long-term drive to professionalize weathercasting; the complex relations between government and private forecasters; and the effects of climate-change science and the Internet on todays broadcasts. With dozens of photos and anecdotes illuminating the many forces that have shaped weather broadcasts over the years, this engaging study will be an invaluable tool for students of broadcast meteorology and mass communication and an entertaining read for anyone fascinated by the public face of weather.
- Kurztext
- This book surveys the mix of people, technology, science and show biz that brings weather to viewers, covering moves to professionalize weathercasting, the interplay of government and private forecasters and effects of climate-change science and the Internet.
- Autorenportrait
- Robert Henson is a science writer at the National Center for Atmospheric Research and a contributing editor to Weatherwise magazine. His other books include The Rough Guide to Weather and The Rough Guide to Climate Change.