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Power without responsibility, press, broadcasting and the internet in Britain, James Curran and Jean Seaton

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

no index present

non fiction

Power without responsibility

James Curran and Jean Seaton

press, broadcasting and the internet in Britain

Press history. Whig press history as political mythology -- The struggle for a free press -- The ugly face of reform -- The industrialization of the press -- The era of the press barons -- The press under public regulation -- Fable of market democracy -- Broadcasting history. Reith and the denial of politics -- Broadcasting and the Blitz -- Social revolution? -- The fall of the BBC -- Class, taste, and profit -- How the audience is made -- Video, cable, and satellite -- Broadcasting roller-coaster -- Rise of new media. New media in Britain -- History of the Internet -- Sociology of the Internet -- Theories of the media. Metabolising Britishness -- Global understanding -- The liberal theory of press freedom -- Broadcasting and the theory of public service -- Politics of the media. Contradictions in media policy -- Media reform: democratic choices