Description: Read All About It! : A History of the British Newspaper, Hardcover by Williams, Kevin, ISBN 0415346231, ISBN-13 9780415346238, Brand New, Free shipping in the US This Text-book traces the evolution of the newspaper, documenting its changing form, style and content as well as identifying the different roles ascribed to it by audiences, government and other social institutions. Starting with the early 17th century, when the first prototype newspapers emerged, through Dr Johnson, the growth of the radical press in the early 19th century, the Lord Northcliffe revolution in the early 20th century, the newspapers wars of the 1930s and the rise of the tabloid in the 1970s, right up to Rupert Murdoch and the online revolution, th explores the impact of the newspapers on our lives and its role in British society. Using lively and entertaining examples, Kevin Williams illustrates the changing form of the newspaper in its social, political, economic and cultural context. As well as telling the story of the newspaper, he explores key topics in detail, making this an ideal text for students of journalism and the British newspaper. Issues include: newspapers and social change the changing face of regional newspapers the impact of new technologydevelopment of reporting techniquesforms of press regulation
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Book Title: Read All About It! : A History of the British Newspaper
Number of Pages: 306 Pages
Publication Name: Read All about It! : a History of the British Newspaper
Language: English
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication Year: 2009
Item Height: 0.9 in
Subject: Media Studies, Journalism, Europe / Great Britain / General
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 26.5 Oz
Author: Kevin Williams
Subject Area: Social Science, Language Arts & Disciplines, History
Item Length: 9.4 in
Item Width: 6.5 in
Format: Hardcover
