Election Politics and the Mass Press in Long Edwardian Britain

Christopher Shoop-Worrall (UCFB Etihad Campus, UK; Royal Historical Society, UK)

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Routledge
27 May 2024

British & Irish history; Media studies; Press & journalism

Series: Routledge Focus on Journalism Studies

This book explores the ways in which the emergence of the ‘new’ daily mass press of the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries represented a hugely significant period in histories of both the British press and the British political system.

Drawing on a parallel analysis of election-time newspaper content and archived political correspondence, the author argues that the ‘new dailies’ were a welcome and vibrant addition to the mass political culture that existed in Britain prior to World War 1. Chapters explore the ways in which the three ‘new dailies’ – Mail, Express, and Mirror – represented political news during the four general elections of the period; how their content intersected with, and became a part of, the mass consumer culture of pre-Great War Britain; and the differing ways political parties reacted to this new press, and what those reactions said about broader political attitudes towards the worth of ‘mass’ political communication.

This book will be of interest to students and scholars of media history, British popular politics, journalism history, and media studies.

By: Christopher Shoop-Worrall (UCFB Etihad Campus UK; Royal Historical Society UK)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
Weight: 230g
ISBN: 9781032183800
ISBN 10: 1032183802
Series: Routledge Focus on Journalism Studies
Pages: 116
Publication Date: 27 May 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Introduction 2. Fighting, Fireworks and Finish Lines: Election Politics and Spectacle 3. Everyday Elections and the ‘Man in the Street’ 4. Their Views and Ours: Politicians and New Dailies 5. Conclusion 6. List of Tables 7. Primary Material 8. Bibliography

Christopher Shoop-Worrall is a Lecturer in Media and Journalism at UCFB Etihad Campus and an Early Career Member of the Royal Historical Society.