This book aims to investigate the comparative development of the main forms of mass media (the press, film and broadcasting) in three societies - the United States, Great Britain and Germany - between 1890 and 1970. The main emphasis is on the political frameworks in which the media developed and the influence upon individual societies as well as on the international framework. This is the first work to provide access for students to much of the recent work on the history of the mass media.
Inhalt
Introduction: Theories of the Media
The Development of the Large Circulation
Press; Film and the Organisation of Propaganda
The Emergence of Broadcasting in the 1920s
The State and the Media in the 1930s
Propaganda and the `Hot' and `Cold' Wars
Television and its Effects
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index.