News and the British World
The Emergence of an Imperial Press System 1876-1922
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 7 August 2003
- ISBN 9780199265121
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages264 pages
- Size 224x145x18 mm
- Weight 422 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 2 in-text halftones 0
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Short description:
During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa were increasingly drawn together by an imperial press system. This is the first scholarly study of the development of that system. Simon J. Potter examines key debates during episodes such as the South African War and the First World War, and reveals the ambiguous impact of the system on local, national, and imperial identities.
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During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa were increasingly drawn together by an imperial press system. This is the first scholarly study of the development of that system. Revealed to contemporaries by the South African War, the basis on which the system would develop soon became the focus for debate. Commercial organizations, including newspaper combinations and news agencies such as Reuters, fought to protect their interests, while 'ccnstructive imperialists' attempted to enlist the power of the state to strrengthen the system. Debate culminated in fierce controversies over state censorship and propaganda during and after the First World War.
Based on extensive archival research, this study addresses crucial themes, including the impact of empire on the press, Britain's imperial experience, and the idea of a 'British world.' Challenging earlier nationalist accounts, Dr Potter draws out the ambiguous impact of the imperial press system on local, national, and imperial identities.
This is a well written book that makes a convincing case for the existence of an imperial press system that encompassed the British world during the high noon of empire ... [It] is a valuable addition to the fields of media and imperial history.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
The Roots of an Imperial Press System
News Distribution and the South African War
Constructive Imperialism, State Intervention, and the Press
The Role of Reuters
The British Press and News from the Dominions
The Imperial Press Conference of 1909 and its Consequences
The Imperial Politics of the Press
The Imperial Press System and the First World War
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
