The News of the World and the British press, 1843-2011 : journalism for the rich, journalism for the poor /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Brake, Laurel, 1941- (Author, Editor), Kaul, Chandrika (Lecturer) (Author, Editor), Turner, Mark W. (Author, Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Series:Palgrave studies in the history of the media.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.