The News of the World and the British press, 1843-2011 : journalism for the rich, journalism for the poor

Brake, Laurel, 1941- (editor,, author.). Kaul, Chandrika (Lecturer), (editor,, author.). Turner, Mark W., (editor,, author.).

Summary: This volume is the first scholarly treatment of the News of the World from news-rich broadsheet to sensational tabloid. Contributors uncover new facts and discuss a range of topics including Sunday journalism, gender, crime, empire, political cartoons, the mass market, investigative techniques and the Leveson Inquiry.

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ISBN: 9781137392039
ISBN: 1137392037
ISBN: 9781137392053
ISBN: 1137392053
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 311 pages)
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Publisher: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	The foundation and early years of the News of the World: "capacious double sheets" / James Mussell -- Re-branding the News of the World: 1856-1890 / Laurel Brake and Mark W. Turner -- Re-branding the News of the World: 1891 and after / Laurel Brake and Mark W. Turner -- "Child slavery in England": the News of the World and campaigning for children (1843-1878) / Melissa Score -- Imagining the mass-market woman reader: the News of the World, 1843-77 / Alexis Easley -- News of the imperial world: popular print culture, the News of the World and India in the late nineteenth century / Chandrika Kaul -- Residual radicalism as a popular commercial strategy: beginnings and endings / Martin Conboy -- Passports to oblivion: J.M. Staniforth's political cartoons for the News of the World, 1893-1921 / Chris Williams -- "Woman as husband": gender, sexuality and humour in the News of the World 1910-1950s / Alison Oram -- The Irish Edition: from "filthy scandal sheet" to "old friend" of the Taoiseach / Kevin Rafter -- "One in every two households": the News of the World in the 1950s / John Stokes -- Bringing popular journalism into disrepute: the News of the World, the public and politics 1953-2011 / Kevin Williams -- "Gross interference with the course of justice": the News of the World and the Moors Murder Trial / Adrian Bingham -- Harbingers of the future: Rupert Murdoch's takeover of the News of the World organisation / Julian Petley -- The downfall of the News of the World: the decline of the English newspaper and the double-edged sword of technology / James Rodgers -- Afterword: lessons of the Leveson Inquiry into the British press / Neil Berry.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.