The news revolution in England : cultural dynamics of daily information / C. John Sommerville.

The News Revolution in England: Cultural Dynamics of Daily Information is the first book to analyze the essential feature of periodical media, which is their periodicity. Having to sell the next issue as well as the present one changes the relation between authors and readers--or customers--and subt...

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Main Author: Sommerville, C. John (Charles John), 1938-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.
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Table of Contents:
  • One: The Strangeness of Periodical News; Two: Inventing Periodical Publication, 1620-40; Three: Organizing a News Industry, 1640-60; Four: Creating and Dividing the Audience, 1640-60; Five: Developing Despite Monopoly, 1660-80; Six: The Coffeehouse as a Periodical Medium, 1660-80; Seven: Periodicity and Press Freedom, 1670-90; Eight: Turning Culture into News: Science; Nine: Turning Culture into News: Literature; Ten: Turning News into Politics; Eleven: Turning Religion Upside Down; Twelve: The Club Image and Vicarious Community; Thirteen: Living in a Permanent Revolution; Notes.