Renewing the liberal tradition: the press and public discussion in twentieth-century Britain
p. 26
Change and reaction in BBC Current Affairs Radio, 1928-1970
p. 36
The feminist narrative
p. 48
The angel in the ether: early radio and the constitution of the household
p. 52
'Going to Spain with the boys': women correspondents and the Spanish Civil War
p. 66
The populist narrative
p. 79
'A moment of triumph in the history of the free mind'? British and American advertising agencies' responses to the introduction of commercial television in the United Kingdom
p. 83
The Pilkington Report: the triumph of paternalism?
p. 95
The libertarian narrative
p. 108
'A stream of pollution through every part of the country?' Morality, regulation and the modern popular press
p. 112
'Outrageously bad taste': the BBC and the controversy over This is Your Life in the 1950s
p. 125
The anthropological narrative
p. 138
Television in Wales, c. 1950-70
p. 143
'Nation shall speak peace unto nation': the BBC and the projection of a new Britain, 1967-82
p. 155
The radical narrative
p. 166
The birth of distance: communications and changing conceptions of elsewhere
p. 171
What fourth estate?
p. 184
The technological determinist narrative
p. 196
The question of technology
p. 199
Narrating the history of media technologies: pitfalls and prospects
p. 212
Bibliography
p. 229
Index
p. 257
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