A Journalism Reader (Communication and Society)

A Journalism Reader is a comprehensive collection of essential writings on journalism history and practice from the eighteenth century to the present day. It brings together the work of journalists, philosophers, historians, newspaper owners, cultural theorists and specialists in public policy and industrial relations to provide a variety of perspectives on the history, status and craft of journalism.
The Journalism Reader is arranged chronologically with an editor's introduction to each section which details the main themes of each chapter. The contributors explore key themes in the history of journalism: crime, gender, class, regulation, ownership and industrial relations.
The Journalism Reader provides an innovative combination of previously published work and influential new thinking. It is an indispensable aid to the study of journalism and media history.

Michael Bromley is Lecturer in Journalism and Deputy Director of the Communications Policy and Journalism Research Unit at City University, London. He is a former national newspaper journalist and has written on the press in Northern Ireland.

Tom O'Malley is Senior Lecturer in Media Studies at the University of Glamorgan. He has written widely on media history and policy and is the author of Closedown: The BBC and Government Broadcasting Policy. He is a member of the Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom.