Media And Revolution
comparative perspectives
$140.02
- Hardcover
256 pages
- Release Date
23 February 1995
Summary
As television screens across America showed Chinese students blocking government tanks in Tiananmen Square, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and missiles searching their targets in Baghdad, the connection between media and revolution seemed more significant than ever. In this book, thirteen prominent scholars examine the role of the communication media in revolutionary crises – from the Puritan Revolution of the 1640s to the upheaval in the former Czechoslovakia.Their central question: Do the med…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780813118994 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0813118999 |
| Author: | Jeremy D. Popkin |
| Publisher: | The University Press of Kentucky |
| Imprint: | The University Press of Kentucky |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 23 February 1995 |
| Weight: | 599g |
| Dimensions: | 235mm x 155mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“A timely collection on a topic of considerable importance. This volume will be an important point of reference on the topic for some time to come.” – Paul R. Hanson
“Brings together substantive research on the role of the press in major revolutionary moments and periods in early modern and modern European and American history. The topic and the approach are highly significant.” – Timothy Cheek
“New insights on vital events and demonstrates how history can contribute to the development of media theory.” – Choice
“The authors all advocate the intriguing theory that revolutionary crises coincide with sudden changes in the media system of the society in which they occur.” – Library Journal
About The Author
Jeremy D. Popkin
Jeremy D. Popkin is professor of history at the University of Kentucky.
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