The Bbc's Irish Troubles: Television, Conflict and Northern Ireland

The Bbc's Irish Troubles: Television, Conflict and Northern Ireland

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Publisher's Synopsis

This book explores how news and information about the conflict in Northern Ireland was disseminated through the most accessible, powerful and popular form of media: television. It focuses on the BBC and considers how its broadcasts complicated the 'Troubles' by challenging decisions, policies and tactics developed by governments trying to defeat a stubborn insurgency that threatened national security. The book uses highly original sources to consider how the BBC upset the efforts of a number of governments to control the narrative of a conflict that claimed over 3,500 lives and caused deep emotional scarring to thousands of people. Using recently released archival material from the BBC and a variety of government archives, the book addresses the contentious relationship between broadcasting officials, politicians, the army, police and civil service from the outbreak of violence throughout the 1980s.

Book information

ISBN: 9781526116888
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 070.43094160904
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 296
Weight: 472g
Height: 236mm
Width: 157mm
Spine width: 29mm