A history of the media in Ireland / by Christopher Morash.
Material type: TextPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009.Description: 280 p. : illISBN:- 9780521843928 (hbk.) :
- 9780521843928 (hardback)
- 302.2309417 MOR
- P92
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Long Loan | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending | 302.2309417 MOR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 50 | Available | 209803 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: Introduction: Ireland and the world. 1. Stumpeworne letters: 1551-1660; Media event 1: bloudy newes from Ireland 23 October, 1641 -- 2. Public spirits: 1660-1800; Media event 2: postroads to liberty January 22, 1793 -- 3. Acts of union: 1800-1890; Media event 3: Parnellism and crime: April 18, 1887 -- 4. Casual miracles: 1890-1920; Media event 4: broadcasting the rising: April 24, 1916 -- 5. Listening in: 1921-1960; Media event 5: helpless before the camera\'s eye 5 October, 1968 -- 6. Windows on the world: 1961-1990; Media event 6: with satellite television you can go anywhere 13 July, 1985 -- 7. Since 1990: digitised -- Conclusion: imagining a mediated Ireland.
Christopher Morash traces the history of forms of communication in Ireland over the past four centuries. He discusses the impact of the telegraph, telephone, phonograph, cinema, and radio.