The Periodical Press Revolution

E. S. Dallas and the Nineteenth-Century British Media System

Graham Law (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

178 Seiten

2023
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-27101-9 (ISBN)

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This book explores a key aspect of journalism history from a sociological perspective: the rise of the periodical press. With a focus not on the economic and technological causes of this revolution but on the social and political consequences, the book takes a global look at this key development in the British press.

Taking as a point of departure the theory of E.S. Dallas, who defined the periodical as 'the great event in modern history', the book explores these premises and conclusions regarding authorship, publishing, and readership, considering the nineteenth century as a whole. After an introductory section discussing questions of theory and method, the analysis first offers an overview of the quantitative growth of the periodical market, whether measured in terms of publications, readership, or authorship, before turning to a more detailed consideration of its qualitative determinants and effects, again distinguishing the same three aspects.

Offering new insight into this key turning point in journalism history, this book will be of interest to all students and scholars of journalism and journalism history, media history, media and communication studies, British history, and modern history.

Graham Law is Honorary Professor of Waseda University, Tokyo, to which he has been affiliated since 1992. He has taught literary and media history at various academic institutions in Japan since 1981. He has authored many articles and books on nineteenth-century studies, including Serializing Fiction in the Victorian Press (2000), and worked on a number of scholarly editions in the same field, most notably The Collected Letters of Wilkie Collins. With Jenny Bourne Taylor, he has recently completed E. S. Dallas in 'The Times', an edited anthology of Dallas's work as a journalist.

Ch. 1. Introduction: Dallas on the Rise of the Periodical Press

Ch. 2. Media History and Theory: A Literature Review

Part A. Quantitative Analysis

Ch. 3. Periodical Growth over the Century

Ch. 4. Changing Periodical Distribution

Part B. Qualitative Analysis

Ch. 5. Periodical Authorship

Ch. 6. Periodical Publishing

Ch. 7. Periodical Readership

Ch. 8. Conclusion: A Revolution in Communications

Erscheinungsdatum	12.12.2023
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Research in Journalism
Zusatzinfo	13 Tables, black and white; 1 Line drawings, black and white; 1 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	512 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Journalistik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Kommunikationswissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-032-27101-9 / 1032271019
ISBN-13	978-1-032-27101-9 / 9781032271019
Zustand	Neuware