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Northern Ireland, the BBC, and censorship in Thatcher's Britain / Robert J. Savage.
By: Savage, Robert J [author.]
Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2022Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource (viii, 295 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780191944871 (ebook) :Subject(s): Television and politics -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century | Television -- Censorship -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century | Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1979-1997 | Northern Ireland -- Politics and government -- 1968-1998 -- Press coverageAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780192849748DDC classification: 791.45094109048 LOC classification: PN1992.3Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: This is a study of how Thatcher's government tried to control the narrative of the Northern Ireland conflict in an effort to shape how 'the Troubles' were understood by regional, national, and international audiences, and exploring how Britain's status as a leading global democracy was tarnished by the imposition of censorship in the 1988 Broadcasting Ban.
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This edition also issued in print: 2022.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This is a study of how Thatcher's government tried to control the narrative of the Northern Ireland conflict in an effort to shape how 'the Troubles' were understood by regional, national, and international audiences, and exploring how Britain's status as a leading global democracy was tarnished by the imposition of censorship in the 1988 Broadcasting Ban.
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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on February 9, 2022).