The cultural and intellectual history of the British press
Mark Hampton is an associate professor of history at Lingnan University, Hong Kong, and a co-editor of the journal Media History.
"No one interested in British journalism can afford to miss this
stimulating book."--Modernism/modernity
"An impressive and important survey of a neglected subject. Hampton
offers several interesting new ways of thinking about the press in
this period, and has deepened our understanding of the connections
between the debates on the nature of journalism and the broader
development of 'mass society'. By situating the press in its full
political, social, and cultural context, moreover, he offers a
salutary example to other media historians."--Twentieth Century
British History
"Mark Hampton has succeeded in presenting a critical study both of
'how the press was discussed and understood in the nineteenth and
twentieth centuries' (2), and of how the press's role changed over
that period from educator of the 'people' to representative voice
of the 'people' to representative voice of the 'people' to
entertainer and propagandiser of the 'people.' . . . The result is
a study that should be as interesting for the general reader as it
is valuable to intellectual historians and periodicals
scholars."--Victorian Periodicals Review
"This is an important, groundbreaking book that establishes Mark
Hampton as a major scholar in the field. He challenges prevailing
orthodoxy with clear and powerful arguments while effectively
linking history with today's heated debates about the role of
tabloids and the right to privacy."--Joel Wiener, emeritus
professor of history, City University of New York
"An essential book that addresses the development of the popular
press in a highly original way. It will make a major contribution
to research and teaching in a wide range of disciplines, including
politics, media, and cultural studies. Anyone with an interest in
the health of our democracies should read carefully what this book
has to say."--Aled Jones, author of Powers of the Press:
Newspapers, Power and the Public in Nineteenth-Century England
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