'The history of news since the nineteenth century has been the history of a translation from popular defined as "for the people", to popular as "for the market"'

Date Submitted: 02/14/2003 22:37:09
Category: / Social Sciences
Length: 10 pages (2718 words)
'The history of news since the nineteenth century has been the history of a translation from popular defined as "for the people", to popular as "for the market"' (Hartley, 1982:130). Discuss with reference to examples from today's popular press. This essay will begin by defining the press as popular "for the people". Newspapers were once the bearers of education, in all it's shapes and forms, working for the benefit of the people. Now, the popular …
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