Media and the Empire (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Teer-Tomaselli, Ruth; McCracken, Donal

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This volume on print and broadcast media in the 19th and 20th centuries highlights the pivotal role that the media played in the establishment and maintenance of imperial power, bolstering the ideological and financial objectives of the empire in a myriad of ways. Covering diverse topics from British Imperial and colonial newspapers, to radio broadcasting during the World Wars, the book shows how the media forms a prism through which the personal and public histories of an empire can be explored. This book was originally published as a special issue of Critical Arts.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 206
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317291480
• Artikelnr.: 56962100

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part I: Broadcasting 1. In service of Empire: the South African Broadcasting Corporation during World War II 2. Broadcasting to the 'last outpost of the British Empire': Anthony Lejeune, the man behind the SABC's English Service London Letter (1965-1995) 3. Broadcasting to the Portuguese Empire in Africa: Salazar's singular broadcasting policy 4. Imperial foundations of 20^th-century media systems in the Caribbean 5. In service of two masters: a political history of radio in pre-independence Botswana 6. Empire and broadcasting in the interwar years: towards a consideration of public broadcasting in the British dominions Part II: Newspapers 7. The imperial British newspaper, with special reference to South Africa, India and the 'Irish model' 8. English newspapers in British colonial Hong Kong: the case of the South China Morning Post (1903-1941) 9. Reuters and the South African press at the end of Empire 10. Friends or foes? A critique of the development of the media and the evolving relationship between press and politics in Kenya