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Edexcel A Level History, Paper 3: Mass media and social change in Britain 1882-2004 Student Book
(2016)
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Abstract
This book:
- covers the essential content in the new specifications in a rigorous and engaging way, using detailed narrative, sources, timelines, key words, helpful activities and extension material
- helps develop conceptual understanding of areas such as evidence, interpretations, causation and change, through targeted activities
- provides assessment support for A level with sample answers, sources, practice questions and guidance to help you tackle the new-style exam questions.
It also comes with three years' access to ActiveBook, an online, digital version of your textbook to help you personalise your learning as you go through the course - perfect for revision.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cover | Cover | ||
| Contents | 3 | ||
| How to use this book | 4 | ||
| Introduction: A Level History | 6 | ||
| Introduction: Mass media and social change in Britain, 1882-2004 | 8 | ||
| Aspects in breadth: Social change - family, home and leisure, 1882-2004 | 10 | ||
| 3.1: Changing patterns of women’s lives within the family and in the world of work | 10 | ||
| Introduction | 10 | ||
| How significant were the changes to women’s personal lives in the years 1882-2004? | 11 | ||
| The Married Women’s Property Act 1882 and the end of couverture | 12 | ||
| Changes to women’s personal lives as wives | 13 | ||
| Taxation and the end of the composite tax system | 14 | ||
| Marie Stopes’ family-planning clinics from 1921 | 15 | ||
| The impact of the NHS on women’s lives from 1948 | 18 | ||
| The impact of the contraceptive pill from 1961 | 20 | ||
| The Abortion Law Reform Act 1967 | 20 | ||
| Changes to women’s personal lives as homemakers | 22 | ||
| The reasons for, and impact of, government legislation and shifts in attitudes to women’s roles | 24 | ||
| To what extent, and why, did women’s working lives change in the years 1882-2004? | 27 | ||
| The impact of direct action on women’s roles | 28 | ||
| The rise of female trade unionism and direct action groups | 29 | ||
| The impact of legislation on women’s working lives | 33 | ||
| 3.2: Changing patterns of family leisure | 40 | ||
| Introduction | 40 | ||
| How far did leisure change in Britain between 1882 and 2004? | 42 | ||
| Entertainment in the home | 42 | ||
| Changes in excursions and holidays | 44 | ||
| What were the most significant reasons for changes in leisure patterns between 1882 and 2004? | 51 | ||
| How far did changes in modes of transport affect British leisure? | 51 | ||
| The impact of increasing affluence and reduced time at work | 55 | ||
| The impact of technology on leisure and entertainment between 1882 and 2004 | 58 | ||
| Aspects in depth: Mass media – mirroring or moulding society? | 66 | ||
| 3.3: The age of the press barons, 1914-36 | 66 | ||
| Introduction | 66 | ||
| The journalistic context | 66 | ||
| The political context | 67 | ||
| Who exercised the greater influence: Northcliffe or Beaverbrook? | 68 | ||
| The irresistible rise of Lord Northcliffe | 68 | ||
| Lord Northcliffe’s stance on conscription | 69 | ||
| Lord Northcliffe’s criticisms of some conduct of the First World War | 70 | ||
| Beaverbrook’s undermining of Asquith and support for Lloyd George | 74 | ||
| Beaverbrook’s involvement in the abdication of Edward VIII | 75 | ||
| How influential was Lord Rothermere in the period 1922-36? | 75 | ||
| The impact of Lord Rothermere’s newspaper empire, its expansion, and the newspaper war of 1928-29 | 75 | ||
| Lord Rothermere’s infl uence, including support of revisions to First World War treaties | 76 | ||
| Lord Rothermere’s clash with Stanley Baldwin in 1931 | 77 | ||
| Lord Rothermere’s support for Oswald Mosley and the British Union of Fascists (BUF) | 79 | ||
| How influential was the daily Herald in the period 1914-36? | 81 | ||
| The role of George Lansbury | 81 | ||
| The Herald and the significance of its editorial stance on the First World War, conscientious objectors and the Russian Revolutions | 82 | ||
| The impact of the 1920 Kamenev telegram | 84 | ||
| 3.4: Wireless and the war: propaganda, information and entertainment, 1939-45 | 88 | ||
| Introduction | 88 | ||
| What were the most significant impacts of BBC war reporting, 1939-45? | 88 | ||
| The impact of broadcasts from the front | 88 | ||
| Churchill’s speeches on the BBC and his relationship with the Corporation | 94 | ||
| The nature of censorship | 97 | ||
| How successfully did the BBC broadcast to the home front? | 99 | ||
| ‘Make-do and mend’: the role of government ministries, their advice and information | 99 | ||
| Popular light entertainment and its impact on morale | 101 | ||
| Public attitudes to the BBC | 102 | ||
| What was the impact of British and enemy propaganda broadcasts? | 103 | ||
| Germany calling! Germany calling! The role of Lord Haw Haw | 103 | ||
| The dark arts of propaganda: the impact of Sefton Delmer | 106 | ||
| 3.5: Media in the sixties: satire, image and social change | 110 | ||
| Introduction | 110 | ||
| How far did satire undermine authority figures during the sixties? | 111 | ||
| Satire and changing attitudes to government | 111 | ||
| Satire and changing attitudes to the monarchy | 113 | ||
| Satire and changing attitudes to the Church | 115 | ||
| How far did film and television mould or mirror British attitudes to social issues? | 117 | ||
| Introduction: the decline of British cinema and the rise of television | 117 | ||
| Television, the Wednesday Play and attitudes to homelessness | 118 | ||
| How far did film and television change attitudes to racial minorities? | 119 | ||
| How far did film and television mould or mirror attitudes towards women? | 123 | ||
| Mary Whitehouse and the NVALA | 126 | ||
| To what extent were the ‘Swinging Sixties’ more image than reality? | 127 | ||
| The sixties’ icons and media image | 127 | ||
| The reality of the swinging sixties: economy and society | 130 | ||
| 3.6: The Thatcher governments and the media, 1979-90 | 132 | ||
| Introduction | 132 | ||
| What principles underpinned thatcherism and what was its significance for the mass media industry between 1979 and 1990? | 132 | ||
| What is ‘Thatcherism’? | 132 | ||
| The practical application of Thatcher’s principles | 134 | ||
| The significance of the Thatcher government’s policies for the media industry | 137 | ||
| How effective was the government’s promotion of competition in broadcasting? | 140 | ||
| The promotion of competition in broadcasting: the launch of Channel 4 in 1982 | 140 | ||
| The growth of local and commercial radio | 143 | ||
| How far did the thatcher governments attempt to control the way mass media reported significant events between 1979 and 1990? | 144 | ||
| Attempts to control reportage on issues of national security | 144 | ||
| The role of Bernard Ingham | 145 | ||
| The reportage of the Falklands conflict, 1982 | 147 | ||
| Reportage of the miners’ strike, 1984-85 | 150 | ||
| 3.7: The Labour government versus the media: the problem of the Iraq dossiers, 2002-04 | 154 | ||
| Introduction | 154 | ||
| What was the impact of the initial challenges to the accuracy of the dossiers? | 155 | ||
| Reportage in the media | 155 | ||
| The impact of the Channel 4 investigation into the accuracy of the dossiers | 160 | ||
| In what ways and to what extent did Dr David Kelly’s death affect relations between the government and the BBC? | 161 | ||
| The reaction of the media to the New Labour government | 161 | ||
| The role of Andrew Gilligan | 162 | ||
| The role of Alastair Campbell | 163 | ||
| The impact of the death of Dr Kelly | 165 | ||
| What were the key implications of the Hutton inquiry for the relationship between mass media and the government? | 167 | ||
| The role of Lord Hutton | 167 | ||
| The implications of the Hutton Report | 169 | ||
| Preparing for your A Level Paper 3 exam | 175 | ||
| Index | 188 | ||
| Acknowledgements | 190 |