sex, private life, and the British popular press 1918-1978 /
Adrian Bingham.
New York :
Oxford University Press,
2009.
298 pages :
illustrations ;
25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-287) and index.
Introduction -- Contexts: the media and British sexual culture -- Informing and advising: sexual welfare -- Surveying sexual attitudes and behaviour -- Court reporting -- Moral crusades: prostitution and homosexuality -- Titillation: the evolution of the newspaper pin-up -- Gossip and scandal: scrutinizing public figures -- Conclusions.
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'Family Newspapers?' provides a detailed historical study of modern popular press coverage of sex and private life, from the start of the mass newspaper reading boom in 1918 to the triumph of the Sun's sexualised journalism in 1978, when circulation overtook that of its rival, the Daily Mirror.
Sensationalism in journalism-- Great Britain-- History-- 20th century.