Power Without Responsibility: Press, Broadcasting and the Internet in Britain

By Jean Seaton and James Curran

Book Overview

This book attacks the conventional history of the press as a story of progress; offers a critical defence and history of public service broadcasting; provides a myth-busting account of the internet; a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415114071
• ISBN13: 9780415114073
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.0" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

A thorough and readable analysis of the British media

This book contains a thorough insight into the history of the British press and broadcasting. It's historical review examines the interplay between successive British Governments and the emergence of a free press and broadcasting. It goes on to assess the consequences for the 'new' media in Britain; satellite and cable. Key themes include the BBC, as the world's first 'public service broadcaster' - a unique institution which has suffered many trials at the hands of the Government, in particular, during the '80s administration of Margerat Thatcher. I achieved a degree under the tutoring of the book's co-author Jean Seaton and am now successfully employed at the BBC. A fantastic, level headed critique which renders an enormous topic palatable.