Culture wars : the media and the British left / James Curran, Ivor Gaber, and Julian Petley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Curran, James, author.

Petley, Julian, author.

Gaber, Ivor, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social change--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Social change.

Political culture--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Political culture.

Social values--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Social values.

Conflict of generations--Political aspects--Great Britain.

Conflict of generations.

Mass media--Political aspects--Great Britain.

Mass media.

New Left--Great Britain--History.

New Left.

New Left--Press coverage--Great Britain.

Right and left (Political science).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (316 pages)

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2005]

Summary:

GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748619177);Culture Wars charts the battle between two generations, one shaped by the immediate post-war period and the other by the cultural revolt of the 1960s. It was a clash that first exploded into life in the 1980s, when the Conservative press and government ridiculed radical young councillors as the 'loony left', and turned them into the pariahs of contemporary politics. This cultural victory proved shortlived. The values and political agenda of the urban left made significant advances in the 1990s and 2000s when the sixties generation moved into positions of power.The book offers key insights for different disciplines:For media studies, it offers a compelling account of how the media represent, and influence, social change. For cultural studies, it illuminates the way in which the culture of society is a battleground between generations and opposed value groups. For the social sciences, it documents how the rise of women, immigration, gay liberation and concern about the environment were mediated, and became the subjects of debate, political conflict, and regulation. For the general reader, it offers a very readable account of the entry of 1960s values into mainstream politics, and the culture wars that have been fought ever since."

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Part 1 Politics and Cultural Conflict

A New Political Generation

Part 2 The Rise of the Sixties Generation

2 Goodbye to the Clowns

3 Defeat into Victory

Part 3 Loony Tunes

4 Hit and Myth

5 ‘Hate on the Rates’

6 Positive and Negative Images

Part 4 Modern Times

7 Slaying the Dragon

8 Driven to Distraction

Part 5 The Media and the British Left

9 The Political Impact of the Media

10 Influences on the British Media

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781474465984

1474465986