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Freemasonry and the Press in the Twentieth Century: A National Newspaper Study of England and Wales

Freemasonry and the Press in the Twentieth Century: A National Newspaper Study of England and Wales

Hardcover

Secret SocietiesGeneral World History

ISBN10: 1409454339
ISBN13: 9781409454335
Publisher: Routledge
Published: May 22 2013
Pages: 378
Weight: 1.57
Height: 0.88 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
By the end of the twentieth century, Freemasonry had acquired an unsavoury reputation as a secretive network of wealthy men looking out for each other's interests. The popular view is of an organisation that, if not actually corrupt, is certainly viewed with deep mistrust by the press and wider society. Focusing particularly on the role of the press, this book investigates the transformation of the image of Freemasonry in Britain from respectability to suspicion. Through this examination a number of related social trends are addressed, including the decline of deference, the erosion of privacy, greater competition in the media, the emergence of more aggressive and investigative journalism, the consequences of media isolation and the rise of professional Public Relations.

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