Family newspapers?
Subtitle: sex, private life, and the British popular press 1918-1978
By: Adrian Bingham.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9780199279586
Subjects: Sensationalism in journalism -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
Description: 'Family Newspapers?' provides a detailed historical study of modern popular press coverage of sex and private life, from the start of the mass newspaper reading boom in 1918 to the triumph of the Sun's sexualised journalism in 1978, when circulation overtook that of its rival, the Daily Mirror.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Contexts: the media and British sexual culture; title: Informing and advising: sexual welfare; title: Surveying sexual attitudes and behaviour; title: Court reporting; title: Moral crusades: prostitution and homosexuality; title: Titillation: the evolution of the newspaper pin-up; title: Gossip and scandal: scrutinizing public figures; title: Conclusions.