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Author:   Tom O'Malley ,  Clive Soley
Publisher:   Pluto Press
Imprint:   Pluto Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.50cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 21.50cm
Weight:   0.500kg
ISBN:  

9780745311982

ISBN 10:   0745311989
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   20 November 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Introduction Part I: The History Of Self-Regulation by Tom O'Malley 1. Putting The Press Into Perspective 2. The Meanings of the Press 3. Working on the Law: Employers, Journalists and the legal framework. 4. A Sense of Doubt: the Origins and History of Self-regulation up to 1972 5. Nothing Resolved: Self-Regulation, 1972-1998 6. Organising and Defining Self-Regulation 7. Self-Regulation at Work - An Overview Part II: Cases And Issues by Clive Soley 8. The Problem of Accuracy in the UK Press in the 1980s and 1990s 9. The Distorting Mirror. The problem of Misrepresentation in the press in the 1980s and 1990s 10. Privacy and Self-regulation Part III: Reforming Regulation by Tom O'Malley And Clive Soley 11. Rights and Responsibilities: The Need for Reform Appendix Freedom and Responsibility of the Press Bill Bibliography Index

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'Regulating the Pres' is both a history of the Press Council and Press Complaints Commission and an analysis of the issues involved in press regulation. As rich in historical details as it is lucid in its arguments, it succeeds admirably on both counts. -- Free Press

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Tom O'Malley is Professor of Media Studies at Aberystwyth University, Wales. He is the co-founder of the journal Media History and is the author of Regulating the Press (Pluto, 2000). Clive Soley has been a Labour MP in West London since 1979. From 1997 to 2001, he was the Chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party. He is the author of Regulating the Press (Pluto Press, 2000).

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