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Sean Tunney - Labour and the Press, 1972-2005: From New Left to New Labour - 9781845191382 - V9781845191382
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Labour and the Press, 1972-2005: From New Left to New Labour

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Description for Labour and the Press, 1972-2005: From New Left to New Labour Hardback. Provides an analysis of how Labour's policies on the press sit within the context of the party's overall development - from Harold Wilson, through the party's flirtation with Robert Maxwell, to the robust approach of Tony Blair. This work offers a fresh insight into New Labour's concern with press management and political communications. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JPL; JPV; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 470.
Labour sought to develop policies regulating newspaper ownership and the role of journalists. It endeavoured to both correct what it perceived as press bias against the Labour Party and to address the broader issues of political and cultural diversity. Labour's & the Press, 1972-2005 provides a lucid analysis of how Labour's policies on the press sit within the context of the party's overall development -- from Harold Wilson, through the party's flirtation with Robert Maxwell, to the robust approach of Tony Blair. It offers a fresh insight into New Labour's concern with press management and political communications. The author demonstrates ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
212
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
212
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845191382
SKU
V9781845191382
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-42

About Sean Tunney
Sean Tunney is Senior Lecturer in Journalism at the University of Portsmouth. He has worked as a journalist on both national and local newspapers and on the web, and has written on media history and on British and European politics.

Reviews for Labour and the Press, 1972-2005: From New Left to New Labour
"...presents a clear-sighted survey of the shift from the Wilson period to now, and offers a new look at New Labours close attention to press management and managed political communications. It deserves to be widely read."
European Journal of Communication, 22/4, 2007.

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