A Journalism Reader is a comprehensive collection of essential writings on journalism history and practice from the eighteenth century to the present day. It brings together the work of journalists, philosophers, historians, newspaper owners, cultural theorists and specialists in public policy and industrial relations to provide a variety of perspectives on the history, status and craft of journalism. The Journalism Reader is arranged chronologically with an editor's introduction to each section which details the main themes of each chapter. The contributors explore key...
A Journalism Reader is a comprehensive collection of essential writings on journalism history and practice from the eighteenth century to the...
A collection of writings on journalism history and practice from the 18th century to the present day, this volume brings together the work of journalists, philosophers, historians, newspaper owners, cultural thorists and specialists in public policy and industrial relations to provide a variety of perspectives in the history, status and craft of journalism. It is arranged chronologically with an editor's introduction to each section which details the main themes of each chapter. From the high liberal philosophy of James and John Stuart Mill, through to journalism in the 21st century, the...
A collection of writings on journalism history and practice from the 18th century to the present day, this volume brings together the work of journali...
A free press is the cornerstone of democracy. Does this then give the press the right to print inaccurate material with relative impunity? Should the public have a statutory right of reply to inaccuracy in the press? And how free is the press in a world of converging technologies and crossmedia ownership? Clive Soley and Tom O'Malley set the issues of press regulation in their historical context, focusing on the period after 1945. They specifically look at the history and record of the Press Council and assess the performance of the Press Complaints Commission. The book analyses the arguments...
A free press is the cornerstone of democracy. Does this then give the press the right to print inaccurate material with relative impunity? Should the ...
This second annual review of international newspaper and periodical history is a further continuation of the "Journal of Newspaper and Periodical History." Michael Harris and Tom O'Malley have brought together a broad collection of perspectives about newspaper and periodical reporting from the 17th to 20th centuries. This annual also describes important sources, gives a succinct annual review of newspaper history, and reviews noteworthy new books in newspaper and periodical history. It is an essential source for historians and teachers of media and communications courses.
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This second annual review of international newspaper and periodical history is a further continuation of the "Journal of Newspaper and Periodical H...
The 1995 Annual reflects a wide range of work on serial publication, addressed chronologically, geographically, and theoretically. It spans the period from 1700 through the 1970s and has a distinct international dimension showing how serial publication both followed the expansion of international trade and how it served as one of the sinews that bound together all of the different cultural elements comprising the expanding global economic network.
This 1995 Annual volume, edited by Michael Harris and Tom O'Malley, represents the continuation of the "Journal of Newspaper and Periodical...
The 1995 Annual reflects a wide range of work on serial publication, addressed chronologically, geographically, and theoretically. It spans the per...
This fascinating collection of essays is the first full-length scholarly study of the genesis and influence of Alan Peacock's intellectually radical 'Report of the Committee on Financing the BBC' (1986), which fundamentally altered the principles governing the development of broadcasting policy in the UK.
This fascinating collection of essays is the first full-length scholarly study of the genesis and influence of Alan Peacock's intellectually radical '...
This volume provides readers with a themed discussion of the range and variety of the media's engagement with history, and a close study of the relationship between media, history and national identity.
This volume provides readers with a themed discussion of the range and variety of the media's engagement with history, and a close study of the relati...
The media have always played a central role in organising the way ideas flow through societies. But what happens when those ideas are disruptive to normal social relations? Bringing together work by scholars in history, media and cultural studies and sociology, this collection explores this role in more depth and with more attention paid to the complexities behind conventional analyses. Attention is paid to morality and regulation; empire and film; the role of women; authoritarianism; wartime and fears of treachery; and fears of cultural contamination.
The book begins with...
The media have always played a central role in organising the way ideas flow through societies. But what happens when those ideas are disruptive to...
