Comparative Media History : an introduction : 1789 to the present /
Chapman, Jane, 1950-
Comparative Media History : an introduction : 1789 to the present / Jane Chapman. - UK : Polity Press, c2005. - xii, 302 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-284) and index.
Newspapers : radicalism, repression and economic change, 1789-1847 -- Focusing of political communications and the newspaper business, 1848-1881 -- Commercialization, consumerism and technology -- Politics, new forms of communication and the globalizing process -- Business and ideology of mass culture, 1918-1939 -- War and beyond, 1939-1947 -- Cold War and the victory of commercialism, 1948-1980 -- Continuity and change since 1980 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
"Comparative Media History is a thematic textbook which introduces students to the key ideas underpinning media development. It is an essential first step to a better understanding of both the media industry today and the way in which it evolved over time." "The textbook compares developments and influences from a broad perspective, highlighting and contrasting different countries, industries and periods of history in order to encourage an understanding of cause and effect."--Jacket
0745632424 9780745632421 0745632432 9780745632438
Mass media--History
302.2309 / CHA
Comparative Media History : an introduction : 1789 to the present / Jane Chapman. - UK : Polity Press, c2005. - xii, 302 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-284) and index.
Newspapers : radicalism, repression and economic change, 1789-1847 -- Focusing of political communications and the newspaper business, 1848-1881 -- Commercialization, consumerism and technology -- Politics, new forms of communication and the globalizing process -- Business and ideology of mass culture, 1918-1939 -- War and beyond, 1939-1947 -- Cold War and the victory of commercialism, 1948-1980 -- Continuity and change since 1980 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
"Comparative Media History is a thematic textbook which introduces students to the key ideas underpinning media development. It is an essential first step to a better understanding of both the media industry today and the way in which it evolved over time." "The textbook compares developments and influences from a broad perspective, highlighting and contrasting different countries, industries and periods of history in order to encourage an understanding of cause and effect."--Jacket
0745632424 9780745632421 0745632432 9780745632438
Mass media--History
302.2309 / CHA