Overview

Labour sought to develop policies regulating newspaper ownership and the role of journalists. It endeavoured to both correct what it perceived as press bias against the Labour Party and to address the broader issues of political and cultural diversity. Labours & the Press, 1972-2005 provides a lucid analysis of how Labours policies on the press sit within the context of the partys overall development -- from Harold Wilson, through the partys flirtation with Robert Maxwell, to the robust approach of Tony Blair. It offers a fresh insight into New Labours concern with press management and political communications. The author demonstrates how tensions of the past shed new light on Labour Party practices of the present. [Also available in hardback (ISBN 1845191382) at GBP47.50]

Full Product Details

Author:   Sean Tunney
Publisher:   Liverpool University Press
Imprint:   Liverpool University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 22.90cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 15.20cm
Weight:   0.332kg
ISBN:  

9781845191399

ISBN 10:   1845191390
Pages:   212
Publication Date:   20 November 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Labour's Problems with the Press; The People and the Press: Party Debates up to 1974; The Party, the Government, the Commission and its Minority: Labour from 1974 to 1979; Flow and Ebb: Labour from 1979 to 1983; Changes and Political Communications: Labour in the 1980s; Policy Reviewed: Neil Kinnock and John Smith; Living with the Enemy: Press Policy Under Tony Blair; Epilogue and Concluding Remarks: How Did We Get Here?; Index.

Reviews

...presents a clear-sighted survey of the shift from the Wilson period to now, and offers a new look at New Labour's close attention to press management and managed political communications. It deserves to be widely read. -- European Journal of Communication, 22/4, 2007.

...presents a clear-sighted survey of the shift from the Wilson period to now, and offers a new look at New Labour's close attention to press management and managed political communications. It deserves to be widely read. -- European Journal of Communication, 22/4, 2007.

Author Information

Sean Tunney is Senior Lecturer in Journalism at the University of Portsmouth. He has worked as a journalist on both national and local newspapers and on the web, and has written on media history and on British and European politics.

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions