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Autore: | Sommerville C. John (Charles John), <1938-> |
Titolo: | The news revolution in England [[electronic resource] ] : cultural dynamics of daily information / / C. John Sommerville |
Pubblicazione: | New York, : Oxford University Press, c1996 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (208 p.) |
Disciplina: | 072/.09 |
Soggetto topico: | English newspapers - Great Britain - History |
Newspapers | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-192) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Contents; One: The Strangeness of Periodical News; Two: Inventing Periodical Publication, 1620-40; Three: Organizing a News Industry, 1640-60; Four: Creating and Dividing the Audience, 1640-60; Five: Developing Despite Monopoly, 1660-80; Six: The Coffeehouse as a Periodical Medium, 1660-80; Seven: Periodicity and Press Freedom, 1670-90; Eight: Turning Culture into News: Science; Nine: Turning Culture into News: Literature; Ten: Turning News into Politics; Eleven: Turning Religion Upside Down; Twelve: The Club Image and Vicarious Community; Thirteen: Living in a Permanent Revolution; Notes |
Index | |
Sommario/riassunto: | The News Revolution in England: Cultural Dynamics of Daily Information is the first book to analyze the essential feature of periodical media, which is their periodicity. Having to sell the next issue as well as the present one changes the relation between authors and readers--or customers--and subtly shapes the way that everything is reported, whether politics, the arts and science, or social issues. So there are certain biases that are implicit in the dynamics of news production or commodified information, quite apart from the intentions of journalists. With the birth of the commercial perio |
Titolo autorizzato: | The news revolution in England |
ISBN: | 0-19-771499-4 |
1-280-53380-3 | |
0-19-535549-0 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910784759803321 |
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