5. News and In-depth Reporting

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword vi
4. 1. Differentiation as a Doubling of Reality 1
5. 2. Self-reference and Other reference 10
6. 3. Coding 15
7. 4. System-specific Universalism 23
8. 5. News and In-depth Reporting 25
9. 6. Ricúpero 42
10. 7. Advertising 44
11. 8. Entertainment 51
12. 9. Unity and Structural Couplings 63
13. 10. Individuals 71
14. 11. The Construction of Reality 76
15. 12. The Reality of Construction 88
16. 13. The Function of the Mass Media 95
17. 14. The Public 103
18. 15. Schema Formation 107
19. 16. Second-order Cybernetics as Paradox 117
20. Notes 123
21. Index 150