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The fourth estate : journalism in twentieth-century Ireland / Mark O'Brien. [electronic resource]
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- O'Brien, Mark, 1973- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Journalism--Ireland--History--20th century.
- Journalism.
- Ireland.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- This volume recounts the history of journalism in Ireland from the 1880s to today, using previously un-consulted records to explore how changing practices in the field have affected the country's social and cultural development.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Glossary
- Introduction
- Notes
- 1 A new age
- New journalism
- Titles, politics, and circulation
- Journalists and journalistic life
- Representation and professionalism
- 2 High dignity and low salaries
- The IJA and trade unionism
- The Irish Journalist and journalistic practices
- The Irish Journalist and trade unionism
- The 1916 Rising and the IJA
- Trade unionism and dissolution
- 3 Free State - free press?
- Censorship of publications
- The government acts
- The Waterford Standard case
- Fallout and 'the kissing case'
- 4 Power in a union
- The NUJ and the Irish Press
- Journalism and the sexes
- The IJA and the Institute of Journalists
- The crisis of registration and the 1947 agreement
- 5 A red republic
- The fear of communism
- The Guild of Irish Journalists
- An Glór
- A crowded field
- Two guilds
- 6 Official Ireland
- The pre-television media landscape
- 'Seedy, scruffy creatures'
- Out of sight, out of mind
- Pushing boundaries
- 7 The impact of television
- Clashes with government
- Television's effect on print journalism
- Journalism and the Catholic Church
- The GAA: coverage and controversy
- A changing profession
- 8 The Troubles and censorship
- Section 31
- Reporting the Troubles
- The chill factor
- 9 Modernity comes knocking
- A changing media
- Campaigning journalism
- Reaction and retrenchment
- 10 Lifting the lid
- A changing media landscape
- 'Where the Sweep Millions Go'
- Giving offence
- 11 Spirit of the nation
- Telephone tapping
- 'Charlie Haughey's money'
- 'Zero risk'
- 12 An appalling vista
- Dishing the DIRT
- Law-and-order news.
- Clerical errors
- The moral abyss
- Conclusion
- Sources and select bibliography
- Interviews/ correspondence
- Archival sources
- Government publications
- Trade periodicals
- Newspapers and periodicals
- Academic journals
- Books
- Index.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2017.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on April 6, 2017).
- ISBN:
- 1-5261-2100-X
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