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Comparative Media History : an introduction : 1789 to the present / Jane Chapman.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: UK : Polity Press, c2005.Description: xii, 302 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0745632424
  • 9780745632421
  • 0745632432
  • 9780745632438
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 22 302.2309 CHA
Contents:
1. Newspapers : radicalism, repression and economic change, 1789-1847 -- 2. Focusing of political communications and the newspaper business, 1848-1881 -- 3. Commercialization, consumerism and technology -- 4. Politics, new forms of communication and the globalizing process -- 5. Business and ideology of mass culture, 1918-1939 -- 6. War and beyond, 1939-1947 -- 7. Cold War and the victory of commercialism, 1948-1980 -- 8. Continuity and change since 1980
Review: "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
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Short Loan Books Hamu Mukasa Library Closed Access l Short Loan; Level 1 302.2309 CHA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 157365

Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-284) and index.

1. Newspapers : radicalism, repression and economic change, 1789-1847 -- 2. Focusing of political communications and the newspaper business, 1848-1881 -- 3. Commercialization, consumerism and technology -- 4. Politics, new forms of communication and the globalizing process -- 5. Business and ideology of mass culture, 1918-1939 -- 6. War and beyond, 1939-1947 -- 7. Cold War and the victory of commercialism, 1948-1980 -- 8. Continuity and change since 1980

"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

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