Press Gang: How Newspapers Make Profits from Propaganda
- ISBN-10
- 0330393766
- ISBN-13
- 9780330393768
- Category
- British newspapers
- Pages
- 795
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Author
- Roy Greenslade
Description
Tracing the changing face of British newspapers, Roy Greenslade shows how the way we live has been shaped by what we read. While analysing such dominant media figures as Rupert Murdoch and Robert Maxwell the book also examines the trends, the biases and the impact of the press as we know it today.
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