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Irish media : a critical history since 1922 / John Horgan.

By: Horgan, John, 1940- [author.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2001Copyright date: ©2001Description: 217 pages ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0415216400 (paperback); 9780415216418 (paperback); 0415216419.Subject(s): Mass media -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century | European history | Cultural studies | Ireland | 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999 | History | Politics & government | Media, entertainment, information & communication industriesDDC classification: 302.23094170904 | 302.23 HOR
Contents:
Introduction -- The new order, 1922-31 -- Affairs of state, 1931-47 -- Coming of age, 1947-57 -- Television, 1957-73 -- Crossing a watershed, 1973-85 -- Coming to terms, 1985-95 -- Local, national, global, 1995-2000.
Summary: Covering all principal media forms, print and electronic, on both sides of the border, Horgan shows how Irish history and politics have shaped the media of Ireland and, in turn, been shaped by them.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Irish Media: A Critical History maps the landscape of media in Ireland from the foundation of the modern state in 1922 to the present. Covering all principal media forms, print and electronic, in the Republic and in Northern Ireland, John Horgan shows how Irish history and politics have shaped the media of Ireland and, in turn, have been shaped by them.
Beginning in a country ravaged by civil war, it traces the complexities of wartime censorship and details the history of media technology, from the development of radio to the inauguration of television in the 1950s and 1960s. It covers the birth, development and - sometimes - the death of major Irish media during this period, examining the reasons for failure and success, and government attempts to regulate and respond to change. Finally, it addresses questions of media globalisation, ownership and control, and looks at issues of key significance for the future.
Horgan demonstrates why, in a country whose political divisions and economic development have given it a place on the world stage out of all proportion to its size, the media have been and remain key players in Irish history.

Bibliography: (pages 197-205) and index.

Introduction -- The new order, 1922-31 -- Affairs of state, 1931-47 -- Coming of age, 1947-57 -- Television, 1957-73 -- Crossing a watershed, 1973-85 -- Coming to terms, 1985-95 -- Local, national, global, 1995-2000.

Covering all principal media forms, print and electronic, on both sides of the border, Horgan shows how Irish history and politics have shaped the media of Ireland and, in turn, been shaped by them.

CIT Module JOUR 8001 - Core reading.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • List of abbreviations (p. ix)
  • Introduction (p. 1)
  • 1 The new order, 1922-31 (p. 5)
  • 2 Affairs of state, 1931-47 (p. 28)
  • 3 Coming of age, 1947-57 (p. 56)
  • 4 Television, 1957-73 (p. 78)
  • 5 Crossing a watershed, 1973-85 (p. 104)
  • 6 Coming to terms, 1985-95 (p. 134)
  • 7 Local, national, global, 1995-2000 (p. 159)
  • Appendix (p. 189)
  • Bibliography (p. 197)
  • Index (p. 207)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

The book is Professor of Journalism at Dublin City University.