English Press

In this succinct one-volume account of the rise and fall of the English press Jeremy Black traces the medium's history from the emergence of the country's newspaper industry to the Internet age. <i>The English Press</i> focuses on the major developments in the world of print journalism and sets the history of the press in wider currents of English history political social economic and technological. <br/><br/>Black takes the reader through a chronological sequence of chapters with a final chapter exploring possible scenarios for the future of print media. He investigates whether we are witnessing the demise or simply a crisis of the press in the aftermath of the News of the World scandal and Levinson Inquiry. A new title by one of the most eminent historians of Britain and a leading expert on the history of the press <i>The English Press</i>will appeal to undergraduate students of British and media history and journalism as well as to the general reader with an interest in the history of England and the media.