Mass Communications in the Modern World

Klappentext This book aims to investigate the comparative development of the main forms of mass media (the press, film and broadcasting) in three societies - the United States, Great Britain and Germany - between 1890 and 1970. The main emphasis is on the political frameworks in which the media developed and the influence upon individual societies as well as on the international framework. This is the first work to provide access for students to much of the recent work on the history of the mass media. Zusammenfassung This book aims to investigate the comparative development of the main forms of mass media (the press! film and broadcasting) in three societies - the United States! Great Britain and Germany - between 1890 and 1970. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Theories of the Media.- The Development of the Large Circulation.- Press; Film and the Organisation of Propaganda.- The Emergence of Broadcasting in the 1920s.- The State and the Media in the 1930s.- Propaganda and the `Hot' and `Cold' Wars.- Television and its Effects.- Conclusion.- Notes.- Bibliography.- Index.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Ken Ward
• Verlag: Red Globe Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 06.02.1989
• EAN: 9780333372630
• ISBN: 978-0-333-37263-0
• Seiten: 224
• Serien: Themes in Comparative History; Themes in Comparative History S.; Themes in Comparative History; Bloomsbury 3PL
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Wirtschaft > Einzelne Wirtschaftszweige, Branchen