The Rise and Fall of the British Press [Hardcover]

Chapter One: The first mass medium is born; Chapter Two: The press barons arrive  power without responsibility; Chapter Three: The challenge of broadcasting; Chapter Four: The long decline begins; Chapter Five: From Wapping to today; Chapter Six: The rise and fall of the local newspaper; Chapter Seven: The rise of a fifth estate?; Chapter Eight: The futures of newspapers - and journalism; Bibliography; Index

The Rise and Fall of the British Press takes an artful look at the past, present and immediate future of the printed newspaper. Temple offers a thought-provoking account of the evolution of Britains news consumption across the centuries, situating it within significant social, cultural and political currents of the time.

Chapters cover:

• The impact of key technological developments; from the birth of print and the introduction of television, to the rise of the internet and digital media;
• The ever-shifting power play between political parties and the press;
• The notion of the public sphere and how newspapers have influenced it over the decades;
• The role of news media during some of Europes most significant historical events, such as the French Revolution, the First and Second World Wars and the Suez crisis;
• The aftermath of the Leveson inquiry and the question of increased media regulation;
• The successes and failures of important media players, including Baron Beaverbrook and Lord Northcliffe in the nineteenth century, and Rupert Murdoch and Mark Zuckerberg in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.