Screen LibraryMaking news : the political economy of journalism in Britain and America from the glorious revolution to the Internet /
This book charts the rise and fall of the newspaper as the primary medium for the conveyance of news. The book focuses on two of the most influential media markets in the modern world-Great Britain and the United States between 1688 and 1995. In 1688, Parliament created institutional arrangements th...
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford : |
| Publication Dates: | 2015. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: |
This book charts the rise and fall of the newspaper as the primary medium for the conveyance of news. The book focuses on two of the most influential media markets in the modern world-Great Britain and the United States between 1688 and 1995. In 1688, Parliament created institutional arrangements that would hasten the rise of the newspaper as the dominant medium for the circulation of news. In 1995, the National Science Foundation commercialized the Internet, encouraging an astonishing proliferation of information on all manner of topics, including the news. Per capita newspaper circulation |
| Item Description: | "This book is the result of a multiyear, multinational collaboration between a group of scholars from three countries and two continents. ... Face-to-face meetings [were convened for the contributors]. ... The first took the form of a public conference at Columbia University's Heyman Center in November 2012 on 'Free market, free press? The political economy of news reporting in the Anglo-American world since 1688;' the second, a day-long workshop at the University of Oxford's Rueters Institute for the Study of Journalism in August 2013"--Acknowledgements. |
| Carrier Form: | 263 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780199676187 0199676186 |
| Index Number: | PN4801 |
| CLC: |
G219.712.9-532 G219.561.9-532 |
| Call Number: | G219.561.9-532/M235/2012 |