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Breaking the news : 500 years of news in Britain
- Title
- Breaking the news : 500 years of news in Britain / edited by Jackie Harrison and Luke McKernan.
- Publication
- London : British Library, 2022.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 22-4273 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
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- Description
- 240 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, portraits; 24 cm
- Summary
- 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. Exhibition: British Library, London, UK (22.04. - 21.08.2022).
- Alternative Title
- Five hundred years of news in Britain.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 1. What makes a news event? -- 2. What does a free press mean? -- 3. What are the ethics behind the news? -- 4. Can the news ever be objective?
- Call Number
- JFE 22-4273
- ISBN
- 9780712354417
- 0712354417
- OCLC
- 1295406339
- Title
- Breaking the news : 500 years of news in Britain / edited by Jackie Harrison and Luke McKernan.
- Publisher
- London : British Library, 2022.
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Harrison, Jackie, 1961- editor.McKernan, Luke, editor.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 22-4273