The Periodical Press Revolution: E. S. Dallas and the Nineteenth-Century British Media System
In: Routledge Research in Journalism Series
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Credits -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction: Dallas On the Rise of the Periodical Press -- 'Popular Literature' in Blackwood's -- A Career in Journalism -- Argument and Organization -- Notes -- References -- 2 Media History and Theory: A Literature Review -- Existing Literature of Three Kinds -- Key Victorian Positions -- Structure Versus Agency -- Recent Media Histories -- Notes -- References -- Part I Quantitative Analysis -- 3 Periodical Growth Over the Century -- Patterns of Growth -- Earlier Decades -- Later Decades -- Notes -- References -- 4 Changing Periodical Distribution -- Distribution in Two Senses -- Fiscal and Legal Reforms -- Technological and Economic Innovations -- Notes -- References -- Part II Qualitative Analysis -- 5 Periodical Authorship -- Dallas On Authorship -- Anonymity Versus Signature -- The (Im)personality Debate -- The Slow Process of Professionalization -- The Occupation of Authorship -- Notes -- References -- 6 Periodical Publishing -- Dallas On Publishing -- Major Civic Functions -- Changing Patterns of Journal Ownership -- Tendencies in the Distribution of Journalistic Information -- The Changing Character of Advertising Material -- The Economics of the 'New Journalism' -- Notes -- References -- 7 Periodical Readership -- Dallas On Readership -- 'Class' Periodicals/Readers as Active Citizens -- 'Mass' Periodicals/Readers as Passive Consumers -- Notes -- References -- 8 Conclusion: A Revolution in Communications -- Dallas On Revolution -- Sociological and Technological Determinants -- Notes -- References -- Index.
