James Curran & Anthony Smith 
Impacts and Influences [PDF ebook] 
Media Power in the Twentieth Century

Examines a variety of events and developments in twentieth-century British history – from the Boer war to the demise of the GLC. The historical perspective provides an illuminating understanding of the interaction between the media and evolving social and political processes. Together the chapters provide an original picture of the ways in which press, cinema, radio and television can be seen as having wielded power in the course of this century.