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BL
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1009384
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b763754
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| Main Entry
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Sommerville, C. John, (Charles John),1938-
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| Title & Author
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The news revolution in England : : cultural dynamics of daily information /\ C. John Sommerville.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Oxford University Press,, 1996.
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1 online resource (viii, 197 pages)
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| ISBN
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0195355490
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: 9780195355499
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0195106679
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9780195106671
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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One: The Strangeness of Periodical News; Two: Inventing Periodical Publication, 1620-40; Three: Organizing a News Industry, 1640-60; Four: Creating and Dividing the Audience, 1640-60; Five: Developing Despite Monopoly, 1660-80; Six: The Coffeehouse as a Periodical Medium, 1660-80; Seven: Periodicity and Press Freedom, 1670-90; Eight: Turning Culture into News: Science; Nine: Turning Culture into News: Literature; Ten: Turning News into Politics; Eleven: Turning Religion Upside Down; Twelve: The Club Image and Vicarious Community; Thirteen: Living in a Permanent Revolution; Notes.
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| Abstract
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The News Revolution in England: Cultural Dynamics of Daily Information is the first book to analyze the essential feature of periodical media, which is their periodicity. Having to sell the next issue as well as the present one changes the relation between authors and readers--or customers--and subtly shapes the way that everything is reported, whether politics, the arts and science, or social issues. So there are certain biases that are implicit in the dynamics of news production or commodified information, quite apart from the intentions of journalists. With the birth of the commercial perio.
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English newspapers-- Great Britain-- History.
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Journaux anglais-- Grande-Bretagne-- Histoire.
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English newspapers.
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LANGUAGE ARTS DISCIPLINES-- Journalism.
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Nieuwsbladen.
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Great Britain.
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| Dewey Classification
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072/.09
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| LC Classification
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PN5115.S66 1996eb
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05.33bcl
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15.70bcl
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