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The Media and Northern Ireland

Covering the Troubles

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  • © 1991

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Editors:
  1. Bill Rolston

    1. University of Ulster, UK

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    • Bill Rolston
    Pages 1-7

  3. Closing Down the Airwaves: the Story of the Broadcasting Ban

    • Ed Moloney
    Pages 8-50

  4. The Silence in Irish Broadcasting

    • Betty Purcell
    Pages 51-68

  5. The Media on the Rock: the Media and the Gibraltar Killings

    • David Miller
    Pages 69-98

  6. Ulster Unionism and British Broadcasting Journalism, 1924–89

    • David Butler
    Pages 99-121

  7. Toeing the Line: Why the American Press Fails

    • Jo Thomas
    Pages 122-135

  8. In Search of Hope: Coverage of the Northern Conflict in the Dublin Daily Papers

    • Brian Trench
    Pages 136-151

  9. News Fit to Print: Belfast’s Daily Newspapers

    • Bill Rolston
    Pages 152-186

  10. Photographs at War

    • Trisha Ziff
    Pages 187-206

  11. At the Edges of the Picture: the Media, Women and the War in the North

    • Nell McCafferty
    Pages 207-213

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 215-227
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An exploration of the relationship between the broadcast media and political events in Northern Ireland. Contributors examine a range of issues, including the broadcasting ban, Ulster Unionism and British journalism, the Gibraltar killings and coverage of the conflict by Dublin journalists.

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  • University of Ulster, UK

    Bill Rolston

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