Charles Brown
7-13-08
USA NTC Contemporary, (1993.) Publication: Lincolnwood, Ill., How to Launch Your Career in TV News
2. Strategy for find the book
a. I found this book by just looking up sports broadcasting on net library and I liked the title so I skimmed through it and it was what I was looking for.
c. I thought that this book would be useful for my research because it shows how to start a career in sports broadcasting which is really important for answering my research question.
3. Rationale for Selecting the book
a. I thought that the book would be useful before I reviewed it because the title was “How to Launch Your Career in TV News” and my research question relates to that directly because the book shows how to launch a successful career in sports broadcasting.
4. General Evaluation of The Book
a. The book was written by Jeff Leshay. The book covers how to start in this business it also tells you where to target your job and about internships and everything. I believe that the intended audience is people who are students and are trying to make it in sports broadcasting. This book was made to help them get started and give them information on how to be successful. The book was published in 2003.
b. I used the using purpose evaluation be best to evaluate this book as it is informative, persuasive, personal, and educational to the audience.
c. This book is informative to the reader because it gives facts that would inform the reader about sports broadcasting. The book is persuasive because it gives examples in each topic to make the reader believe.
d. Primary verses secondary
5. Example Strategies Used to Search Within the Book
a. I found information within the book by reading the table of contents.
b. I found the book on the net library website.
d. I just skimmed through the chapters and it fit my topic perfectly.
e. My searches turned out useful because thee was a chapter talking strictly about my topic.
6. A Brief Summary of Information Yielded by the Book
a. The book contains direct information on how to succeed in sports broadcasting.
b. The book will be a big help when answering my research question.
7. Research Question
What are the major forms of sports broadcasting, and what approaches can you take to
become successful in them?
1 comments:
It's great that you've found such a useful source for your project. Do you know who Jeff Leshay is? As in, is he a professional in this field? Or is he a journalism professor somewhere?
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