The News Revolution in England: Cultural Dynamics of Daily Information

by C. John Sommerville

Overview

The News Revolution in England: Cultural Dynamics of Daily Information is the first book to analyze the essential feature of periodical media, which is their periodicity. Having to sell the next issue as well as the present one changes the relation between authors and readers - or customers - and subtly shapes the way that everything is reported, whether politics, the arts and science, or social issues. So there are certain biases that are implicit in the dynamics of news production or commodified information, quite apart from the intentions of journalists. The News Revolution in England looks at the history of journalism from an entirely different angle - the effect of the medium rather than the intentions of the journalists. It will be of interest to historians of England, journalism, and news, along with anyone interested in how the media shapes our world and how we come to relate to it.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195106671
Publisher:	Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date:	10/28/1997
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	6.56(w) x 9.56(h) x 0.86(d)

Table of Contents

1	The Strangeness of Periodical News	3
2	Inventing Periodical Publication, 1620-40	17
3	Organizing a News Industry, 1640-60	34
4	Creating and Dividing the Audience, 1640-60	46
5	Developing Despite Monopoly, 1660-80	57
6	The Coffeehouse as a Periodical Medium, 1660-80	75
7	Periodicity and Press Freedom, 1670-90	85
8	Turning Culture into News: Science	98
9	Turning Culture into News: Literature	109
10	Turning News into Politics	119
11	Turning Religion Upside Down	135
12	The Club Image and Vicarious Community	146
13	Living in a Permanent Revolution	161
	Notes	171
	Index	193