Introduction to Journalism

2 History and development

•	Introduction
•	History of journalism: the print medium
•	The growing importance of journalism
•	Technology and the battle between trades unions and management
•	The battle over press regulation
•	History of journalism: the broadcast medium
•	Meanwhile, back with the ‘wireless’ …
•	Journalism on the Internet
•	Common threads in the history of UK journalism
•	Suggested activities
•	Sources and resources

Introduction

This chapter contains a condensed – and necessarily selective – account of the way journalism has developed. It considers political, economic and technological factors, as well as how the nature of each medium has affected the editorial, production and presentation aspects of journalism. Taken with the discussion ...