This volume is the first scholarly treatment of the News of the World from news-rich broadsheet to sensational tabloid. Contributors uncover new facts and discuss a range of topics including Sunday journalism, gender, crime, empire, political cartoons, the mass market, investigative techniques and the Leveson Inquiry.

'The News of the World was one of the most important publications in the history of the press in the British Isles. This collection of stimulating and scholarly essays provides the first, detailed examination of its history and is essential reading for anyone interested in the press and its changing role in British society since the 1840s.' - Professor Tom O'Malley, Aberystwyth University, UK

Autorentext

Neil Berry, Independent Scholar, UK Adrian Bingham, University of Sheffield, UK Martin Conboy, University of Sheffield, UK Alexis Easley, University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA James Mussell, University of Leeds, UK Alison Oram, Leeds Beckett University, UK Julian Petley, Brunel University, UK Kevin Rafter, Dublin City University, Ireland James Rodgers, City University London, UK Melissa Score, Kensington and Chelsea College, UK John Stokes, King's College London, UK Chris Williams, Cardiff University, UK Kevin Williams, Swansea University, UK

Inhalt

Introduction

1. The Foundation and Early Years of the : 'Capacious Double Sheets'; James Mussell
2. Re-branding the : 1856-1890; Laurel Brake and Mark W. Turner
3. Re-Branding the : 1891 and After; Laurel Brake and Mark W. Turner
4. 'Child Slavery in England': The and Campaigning for Children (1843-1878); Melissa Score
5. Imagining the Mass-Market Woman Reader: The , 1843-77; Alexis Easley
6. News of the Imperial World: Popular Print Culture, the and India in the Late Nineteenth Century; Chandrika Kaul
7. Residual Radicalism as a Popular Commercial Strategy: Beginnings and Endings; Martin Conboy
8. Passports to Oblivion: J. M. Staniforth's Political Cartoons for the , 1893-1921; Chris Williams
9. 'Woman as Husband': Gender, Sexuality and Humour in the 1910-1950s; Alison Oram
10. The Irish Edition - From 'Filthy Scandal Sheet' to 'Old Friend' of the Taoiseach; Kevin Rafter
11. 'One in Every Two Households': The in the 1950s; John Stokes
12. Bringing Popular Journalism into Disrepute: The the Public and Politics, 1953-2011; Kevin Williams
13. 'Gross Interference with the Course of Justice': The and the Moors Murder trial; Adrian Bingham
14. Harbingers of the Future: Rupert Murdoch's Takeover of the Organisation; Julian Petley
15. The Downfall of the : The Decline of the English Newspaper and the Double-Edged Sword of Technology; James Rodgers
    Afterword: Lessons of the Leveson Inquiry into the British Press; Neil Berry