Media and Society in the Twentieth Century : A Historical Introduction

by Lyn Gorman (Charles Sturt University); David McLean (Charles Stuart University)

• ISBN13: 9780631222354
• ISBN10: 0631222359
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-12-01
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Focusing mainly on the development of newspapers, film, radio, television, and the Internet in the United States and Western Europe, Media and Society in the Twentieth Century fills a critical need for students and scholars by offering a historical introduction to the mass media in our time. Provides an up-to-date, readable, and informative survey of the history of mass media in the twentieth century. Offers a historical and comparative perspective to emphasize the importance of contemporary media and to explain why particular media systems exist. Focuses on the development of newspapers, film, radio, and television for purposes of entertainment, information, and persuasion. Explores recent media developments, including the Internet and globalization, from a historical perspective.

Author Biography

Lyn Gorman is Acting Dean, Faculty of Arts at Charles Sturt University, Australia. She has published extensively on media history and on war and society, and is co-author of Theological and Religious Reference Materials (three volumes with G. E. Gorman, 1984–6).

David McLean is Senior Lecturer in History at Charles Sturt University, Australia. He has been a Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow, a Harold White Fellow at the National Library of Australia, and a winner of the Stuart L. Bernath Scholarly Article Prize of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vi
Introduction	1	(4)
The Press as a Mass Medium	5	(19)
The Development of the Film Industry	24	(21)
The Growth of Radio Broadcasting	45	(19)
The Rise of Advertising	64	(13)
Propaganda in Peace and War	77	(27)
Cold War and Communication	104	(22)
Television and Consumer Societies	126	(25)
Media, Information, and Entertainment	151	(19)
Media, War, and International Relations	170	(15)
New Media	185	(24)
Globalization and Media	209	(20)
Notes	229	(26)
Index	255