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Comparative media history : an introduction : 1789 to the present /Jane Chapman

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher number: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P)LTD. | ;7/22,Anasri Road, Daryaganj,New Delhi-110002Publication details: Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity , 2005.Description: xii, 302 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9780745632438
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 302.2309 CHA
Contents:
1. Newspapers : radicalism, repression and economic change, 1789-1847 -- 2. The 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. The 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.
Summary: 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.
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1. Newspapers : radicalism, repression and economic change, 1789-1847 --
2. The 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. The 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.

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