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Fayke Newes : The Media vs the Mighty, from Henry VIII to Donald Trump by Derek Taylor (2018, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherHi-Story Press The Limited, T.H.E.
ISBN-100750987782
ISBN-139780750987783
eBay Product ID (ePID)6038654641
Product Key Features
Number of Pages360 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameFayke Newes : the Media Vs the Mighty, from Henry VIII to Donald Trump
SubjectSocial History, Industries / Media & Communications, Journalism, Propaganda, World
Publication Year2018
TypeTextbook
AuthorDerek Taylor
Subject AreaPolitical Science, Language Arts & Disciplines, Business & Economics, History
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight14.6 Oz
Item Length7.8 in
Item Width5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2020-478255
Dewey Edition23
ReviewsA revealing and sometimes alarming review of the age-old efforts by governments to muzzle the media.
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal070.4/4932
Synopsis"Fake news." "Psycho." "Enemy of the people." The insults President Donald Trump and the media hurl at each other are, in fact, nothing new. Over many centuries, journalists have accused governments of being "horrible monsters," with "guilty consciences," while reporters have been branded "poisoners of the people" putting out "false fables." Ever since the invention of the printing press, those in positions of power have seen mass communication as a dangerous threat, usurping their ability to tell people what to think, and capable of stirring up discontent and even rebellion. Historian and international journalist Derek J. Taylor tracks the story of what's been a long, bloody and messy war, and discovers that neither side has always had clean hands. He takes us from Henry VIII's reign when writers and printers were executed, to the later struggles for the right to a free press, to the media's battles with the governments of President Richard Nixon and Prime Minister Tony Blair. Taylor ends with the social media revolution, which has put mass communication in the hands of ordinary people, as well as those of a certain U.S. president., When social media has put mass communication in the hands of anyone with a smartphone - from US Presidents to any crook, liar or foreign enemy - Derek Taylor asks:What hope is there for the rest of us who just want to know what's really going on?, 'Fake news'. 'Dishonest press'. 'Racist'. 'Mentally unstable'.The insults President Donald Trump and the American news media hurl at each other are nothing new. In Tudor England, printed papers branded the monarch a 'horrible monster', and were in turn accused of publishing 'false fables'. Ever since the invention of the printing press, those in power have seen mass communication as a dangerous threat, usurping their ability to tell people what to think, and capable of stirring up discontent and even rebellion.In Fayke Newes, historian and international journalist Derek J. Taylor tracks this long and bloody fight between the press and those in power through the lives of the men and women who got caught up in the battle. On a journey through the centuries, we crisscross the Atlantic between Britain and America, during wars and in peacetime, and discover that neither governments nor journalists have always told the truth. And, in our own time, when social media has put mass communication in the hands of anyone with a smart-phone - from a certain US President, to any crook, liar or foreign enemy - Taylor asks: What hope for the rest of us who just want to know what's really going on?
LC Classification NumberPN4801
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