Reporting the Second World War - The Press and the People 1939-1945

The decisive role of Britain''s wartime newspaper journalism in shaping public opinion and government policy has been majorly overlooked. Much of the existing historiography has framed Britain''s newspapers as mouthpieces of state propaganda, readily conforming to the wishes of the wartime coalition. Tim Luckhurst challenges this through an analysis of illuminating and largely forgotten controversies which underscore the function the press held as guardians of democracy and propagators of dissenting opinion in British politics and society - from the overseas evacuation of children to the Allies'' carpet bombing of German cities. is a timely and important intervention that duly recognises the place of national, regional and specialist titles in speaking truth to power in a democracy at war.>

Product details

• Authors: Tim Luckhurst
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2023
• EAN: 9781350149489
• ISBN: 978-1-350-14948-9
• No. of pages: 264
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 232 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Media Studies, European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, British & Irish history, Second World War, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Media studies: Journalism, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General