Description
Easy to read, and highly topical, Messages writes a history of mass communication in Europe and its outreaches, as a search for the origins of media forms from print and stage, to photography, film and broadcasting.
Arguing that the development of the mass media has been an essential engine driving the western concept of an individual, Brian Winston examines how the right of free expression is under attack, and how the roots of media expression need to be recalled to make a case for the media’s importance for the protection of individual liberty.
Relating to the US constitution, and key laws in the UK which form the foundation of our society, this is a highly useful book for students of media, communication, history, and journalism.
Table of Contents
Part 1 Print; prologue1 ‘The Liberty to Know’: Print From 1455; Chapter 1 ‘Taking off Vizards and Vailes And Disguises’: Newspapers From 1566; Chapter 2 ‘Congress Shall Make No Law’: Journalism From 1702; Chapter 3 ‘Here's The Papers, Here's The Papers!’: Journalism From 1836; Part 2 Images, Spectacle And Sound; prologue2 ‘Leal Sovvenir ’: Imaging From 1413; Chapter 4 ‘Who Knows Not Her Name’: Theatre From 1513; Chapter 5 ‘So Much For Stage Feeling’: Stage and Screen From 1737; Chapter 6 ‘Give the Public What We Think They Need’: Radio From 1906; Chapter 7 ‘American Shots’: Cinema From 1925; Chapter 8 ‘See It Now’: Television From 1954; Part 3 Convergence; epilogue ‘Free Expression is in Very Deep Trouble’: Media To 1991 And Beyond;
