Breaking the News

500 Years of News in Britain

Breaking the News
Jackie Harrison, Luke McKernan
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Hardback
h234 x 156mm - 240pg
22 Apr 2022 UK
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Whether tainted by suppression or hailed as a liberator of truth, the news is integral to our daily life. From the earliest news reporting over 500 years ago to today' s 24-hour coverage of events in print and online, on television and on social media, the scope of news has altered drastically. Fast-evolving technologies and attitudes have shaped not only how we make news, but how we consume it. But what makes an event ' news' ? Are we justified in our scepticism about shocking images and inflammatory headlines? Or is the news a vital tool, enabling worldwide activism movements such as #BlackLivesMatter and enforcing necessary scrutiny of the ethics of those in power? Breaking the News asks timely questions about how reporting in Britain has written the narrative for pivotal moments in history. Among them are a grisly seventeenth-century murder, COVID-19 public information campaigns, the NSA leak by Edward Snowden and the news media' s treatment of celebrities. Feature biographies also highlight influential news breakers through history, including writer and abolitionist Olaudah Equiano, photojournalist Mohamed Amin and environmental rights activist Greta Thunberg.
Jackie Harrison is Professor of Public Communication and Chair of the Centre for Freedom of the Media at the University of Sheffield. Luke McKernan is Lead Curator, News and Moving Image at the British Library.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9780712354417
Published: 22 Apr 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: British Library Publishing
Publisher: British Library Publishing
Format: Hardback
Height: 234mm
Width: 156mm
Pages: 240

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