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Winston Churchill in the British MediaIntroduction

Winston Churchill in the British Media: Introduction [The opening chapter summarizes the context of the British press in the first half of the twentieth century, studying the relationships between newspapers and readers, and newspapers and politicians, as well as censorship measures in both peacetime and wartime. Analysing censorship during the war, this chapter demonstrates that the environment surrounding newspapers during wartime was more relaxed than previously believed and that freedom of expression was considered essential to Britain’s fight against totalitarian Germany. This is especially true of the sub-UK national and regional press, which the government paid less attention to, and which provided a variety of unique opinions about politics. Therefore, this chapter shows that the regional press is a rich historical source of information on contemporary concerns and ideas.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Winston Churchill in the British MediaIntroduction

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Springer International Publishing
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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
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978-3-030-48251-0
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1 –26
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10.1007/978-3-030-48252-7_1
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[The opening chapter summarizes the context of the British press in the first half of the twentieth century, studying the relationships between newspapers and readers, and newspapers and politicians, as well as censorship measures in both peacetime and wartime. Analysing censorship during the war, this chapter demonstrates that the environment surrounding newspapers during wartime was more relaxed than previously believed and that freedom of expression was considered essential to Britain’s fight against totalitarian Germany. This is especially true of the sub-UK national and regional press, which the government paid less attention to, and which provided a variety of unique opinions about politics. Therefore, this chapter shows that the regional press is a rich historical source of information on contemporary concerns and ideas.]

Published: Jul 18, 2020

Keywords: Censorship; Newspaper ownership; Regional press; A history of the British press

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