ISBN:
9780415232227
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (443 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Messages : Free Expression, Media and the West from Gutenberg to Google
DDC:
302.23/09
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; PREAMBLE; PRINT; Prologue I 'THE LIBERTY TO KNOW': PRINT FROM 1455; 1 'TAKING OFF VIZARDS AND VAILES AND DISGUISES': NEWSPAPERS FROM 1566; 2 'CONGRESS SHALL MAKE NO LAW': JOURNALISM FROM 1702; 3 'HERE'S THE PAPERS, HERE'S THE PAPERS!': JOURNALISM FROM 1836; IMAGES, SPECTACLE AND SOUND; Prologue II 'LEAL SOVVENIR': IMAGING FROM 1413; 4 'WHO KNOWS NOT HER NAME': THEATRE FROM 1513; 5 'SO MUCH FOR STAGE FEELING': STAGE AND SCREEN FROM 1737; 6 'GIVE THE PUBLIC WHAT WE THINK THEY NEED': RADIO FROM 1906; 7 'AMERICAN SHOTS': CINEMA FROM 1925
Description / Table of Contents:
8 'SEE IT NOW': TELEVISION FROM 1954CONVERGENCE; Epilogue 'FREE EXPRESSION IS IN VERY DEEP TROUBLE': MEDIA TO 1991 AND BEYOND; NOTES; INDEX
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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