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Authors: Colin Seymour-Ure
ISBN-13: 9780631198833, ISBN-10: 0631198830
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
Date Published: March 2002
Edition: REV

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Author Biography: Colin Seymour-Ure

Colin Seymour-Ure is Professor of Government and Former Dean of Social Sciences at the University of Kent at Canterbury. His other books include The Press, Politics and the Public (1968); The Political Impact of Mass Media (1974); The American President: Power and Communication (1982) and a biography of the cartoonist David Low (1985).

Book Synopsis

This second edition of Colin Seymour-Ure's history of the press and broadcasting in post-war Britian offers a concise and fully up-to-date overview of the development of the media and its central role in British society.

Table of Contents

List of Tables
General Editor's Preface
Preface to First edition
Preface to Second edition
1Snapshot: 1945/19951
2Which Media? What History?6
3Media 1945-1995: the Press16
4Media 1945-1995: Radio and Television59
5Media Empires: Concentration, Conglomeration, Internationalization118
6Content and Audiences138
7Media, Government and Politics: The Intrusion of Television179
8Media, Government and Politics: Prime Ministers and Parties201
9Media Accountability: Government Policymaking225
10Media Accountability: Markets, Self-Regulation and the Law241
Conclusion271
Appendix: Provincial Evening Papers274
Outline Chronology278
Bibliography280
Index285

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