ABSTRACT

Widely regarded as the standard book on the British Media, this authoritative introduction to the history, sociology, theory and politics of media and communications studies has been substantially revised and updated to bring it up to date with developments in the media industry. Its three new chapters describe the battle for the soul of the internet, the impact of the internet on society and the rise of new media in Britain. In addition it examines the recuperation of the BBC, how international and European regulation is changing the British media and why Britain has the least trusted press in Europe.

part |1 pages

Part I Press history

chapter 1|3 pages

Whig press history as political mythology

chapter 2|12 pages

The struggle for a free press

chapter 3|6 pages

The ugly face of reform

chapter 4|14 pages

The industrialization of the press

chapter 5|17 pages

The era of the press barons

chapter 6|12 pages

The press under public regulation

chapter 7|39 pages

The press in the age of globalization

part |1 pages

Part II Broadcasting history

chapter 8|17 pages

Reith and the denial of politics

chapter 9|23 pages

Broadcasting and the blitz

chapter 10|10 pages

Social revolution?

chapter 11|12 pages

The fall of the BBC

chapter 12|8 pages

Class, taste, and profit

chapter 13|18 pages

How the audience is made

chapter 14|10 pages

Video, cable, and satellite

chapter 15|29 pages

Broadcasting roller-coaster

part |1 pages

Part III Rise of new media

chapter 16|22 pages

Scientists, capitalists, and cyberchartists

chapter 17|16 pages

Sociology of the internet

chapter 18|19 pages

New media in Britain

part |1 pages

Part IV Theories of the media

part |1 pages

Part V Politics of the media