The Press and Popular Culture / Edition 1

by Martin Conboy

Overview

In this book, Martin Conboy unpicks the complex and dynamic relationship between the popular press and popular culture. Rejecting approaches to popular culture which restrict themselves to the contemporary, Conboy argues for the importance of an historical perspective in understanding the contemporary relationship between the popular and the press.

The Press and Popular Culture offers:

• A much-needed critical history of the popular press -from the Early Modern Period to the present day
• A comparative analysis of the emergence of the popular press in the US and Britain
• An approach to the role played by the popular press in the formation of popular culture which emphasizes the use of language

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761966616
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	02/05/2002
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	194
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.44(d)

About the Author

Martin Conboy is a Reader in the Department of Journalism Studies at the University of Sheffield. He co-edits the book series Journalism Studies: Key Texts for SAGE.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Popular Press
Theory and History
Popularizing the People
The Popular Press as Popular Culture
The American Popular Press in the Nineteenth Century
The English Popular Press in the Early Nineteenth Century
Commercializing the Popular in Britain
The New Journalism
The Long Version
The Popular Press
Surviving Postmodernity
Integrating Approaches to Contemporary Popular Culture

Editorial Reviews

In the Press and Popular Culture, Martin Conboy aims to provide a critical history of the popular press. Conboy reconstructs the development of rhetorical strategies through which the popular press tried to align itself with the cultural practice of its readers.

Communications: The European Journal of Communication Research

In the Press and Popular Culture, Martin Conboy aims to provide a critical history of the popular press. Conboy reconstructs the development of rhetorical strategies through which the popular press tried to align itself with the cultural practice of its readers.

Communications: The European Journal of Communication Research