Description:
This book examines the micro-cultural ideologies of the journalism profession in Britain and Australia by focusing on the design, execution and development of newspaper building architecture.
Review Quotes:
'In this insightful work, O'Reilly and Vine expertly trace the role of newspaper buildings as key communicators of, monuments to, and vehicles for journalism's professional culture and socio-political impact. An important and timely contribution to the ongoing "spatial turn" in journalism studies.'
E. James West is a Lecturer in US History at the University of York, UK.
'Vine and O'Reilly's book tells the vital 'origin story' of metropolitan newsroom spaces and their work cultures in the UK and Australia. Through a savvy examination of their architecture, semiotics, cultural meaning and history, it provides new understandings into the cultural function of newsrooms even as those spaces transform in the twenty-first century.'
Will Mari, assistant professor, Louisiana State University, USA