The News of the World and the British Press, 1843-2011 [electronic resource] : 'Journalism for the Rich, Journalism for the Poor' /
Brake, Laurel.editor.
Kaul, Chandrika.editor.
Turner, Mark W.editor.
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.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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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