| Description |
x, 459 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. I. Press history / James Curran -- 1. Whig press history as political mythology -- 2. The struggle for a free press -- 3. The ugly face of reform -- 4. The industrialization of the press -- 5. The era of the press barons -- 6. The press under public regulation -- 7. The press in the age of globalization -- Pt. II. Broadcasting history / Jean Seaton -- 8. Reith and the denial of politics -- 9. Broadcasting and the blitz -- 10. Social revolution? -- 11. The fall of the BBC -- 12. Class, taste, and profit -- 13. How the audience is made -- 14. Video, cable, and satellite -- 15. Broadcasting roller-coaster -- Pt. III. Rise of new media / James Curran -- 16. Scientists, capitalists, and cyberchartists -- 17. Sociology of the internet -- 18. New media in Britain -- Pt. IV. Theories of the media -- 19. Global futures, the information society, and broadcasting / Jean Seaton -- 20. The sociology of the mass media / Jean Seaton -- 21. The liberal theory of press freedom / James Curran -- 22. Broadcasting and the theory of public service / Jean Seaton -- Pt. V. Politics of the media -- 23. Contradictions in media policy / James Curran and Jean Seaton -- 24. Central debates in media politics / James Curran |
| Notes |
Previous ed entitled Power without responsibility : the press and broadcasting in Britain.: 1997 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [415]-450) and index |
| Subject |
Mass media -- Great Britain.
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Digital media -- Great Britain.
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Press -- Great Britain.
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Broadcasting -- Great Britain.
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| Author |
Seaton, Jean.
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| ISBN |
0415243890 hardback |
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0415243904 paperback |
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