Newspapers

About this Course

About the Course

In this course, Professor Adrian Bingham (University of Sheffield) looks at the media form of newspapers. In the first module, we explore the history of the UK newspaper industry. After this, we explore how newspapers target audiences and the key idea that newspapers are not ‘neutral records’ but instead construct reality. Then, we look at how newspapers construct and reflect aspects of identity, focusing in particular on gender and sexuality. In the fourth module, we assess how newspapers construct and reflect aspects of identity, focusing in particular on class. Then, we explore how newspapers construct and reflect aspects of identity, focusing in particular on nation and national identity. Finally, we look at how newspapers construct and reflect aspects of identity, focusing in particular on race and racism.

About the Lecturer

Professor Adrian Bingham is Professor of Modern British History at the University of Sheffield. His main research interests are in the political, social and cultural history of twentieth-century Britain, and much of his research concentrates on the national popular press and its role in both shaping and reflecting British society and culture. His recent publications include: ‘Tabloid Century: The Popular Press in Britain, 1896 to the Present’ (2015), co-authored with Professor Martin Conboy.