TY  - BOOK
AU  - Chapman,Jane
TI  - Comparative Media History: an introduction : 1789 to the present 
SN  - 0745632424
U1  - 302.2309 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - UK
PB  - Polity Press
KW  - Mass media
KW  - History
N1  - 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
N2  - "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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