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The Tories and Television, 1951-1964. Broadcasting an Elite.
Anthony Ridge-Newman
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Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of the Media. Num Pages: 168 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJD1; HBTB; JFD; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 370.
This book explores the role of television in the 1950s and early 1960s, with a focus on the relationship between Tories and TV. The early 1950s were characterized by recovery from war and high politics. Television was a new medium that eventually came to dominate mass media and political culture. But what impact did this transition have on political organization and elite power structures? Winston Churchill avoided it; Anthony Eden wanted to control it; Harold Macmillan tried to master it; and Alec Douglas-Home was not Prime Minister long enough to fully utilize it. The Conservative Party’s relationship with the new ... Read more
This book explores the role of television in the 1950s and early 1960s, with a focus on the relationship between Tories and TV. The early 1950s were characterized by recovery from war and high politics. Television was a new medium that eventually came to dominate mass media and political culture. But what impact did this transition have on political organization and elite power structures? Winston Churchill avoided it; Anthony Eden wanted to control it; Harold Macmillan tried to master it; and Alec Douglas-Home was not Prime Minister long enough to fully utilize it. The Conservative Party’s relationship with the new ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Studies in the History of the Media
Number of Pages
168
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137562531
SKU
V9781137562531
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About Anthony Ridge-Newman
Anthony Ridge-Newman is both a scholar and practitioner in media and politics. His teaching and research in this interdisciplinary field are based in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Glasgow, UK. In 2014 he published Cameron’s Conservatives and the Internet with Palgrave, which Alexander Smith, Assistant Professor, University of Warwick, endorsed as ‘breaking new ground’. ... Read more
Reviews for The Tories and Television, 1951-1964. Broadcasting an Elite.
“Ridge-Newman sets out to demonstrate not simply the ways that television has served as a means of political communication, but also the extent to which developments in television broadcasting have influenced the structure of political parties. ... Ridge-Newman’s argument, which is intelligent and persuasive. … He has undoubtedly … produced a book that would be equally at home on the ... Read more