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12. The Newspaper Press in Wales

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Author: O'Malley, Tom

Source: Contemporary Wales, Volume 18, Number 1, March 2006, pp. 202-213(12)

Publisher: University of Wales Press

The newspaper press in Wales has been understood as having played a key role in shaping the cultural and political identity of the country. There is, however, insufficient empirical work to sustain many of the generalizations that have been made about the press in Wales. There has been some notable work on press history and structure in Wales, but this needs to be built on. This article therefore outlines the structure of the contemporary press in Wales. It examines the nature of assertions about the Welsh press by surveying aspects of the content of the press and critical issues such as the 'information gap', and the influence of the press on politics, national identity and the Welsh language. In all of these cases the empirical foundations of these assertions are criticized. It argues that we do not know enough about how the press operates in contemporary Welsh society nor about the ways in which it has been implicated in social transformation in Wales. It calls for a more sustained programme of research into the newspaper press so as to place it in proper relation to the wide range of factors with which it has interacted in Welsh society.

Document Type: Research Article

Publication date: 01 March 2006

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  • Contemporary Wales is at the forefront of research into economic, political and social sciences relating to Wales. It contains both academic and practitioner-based articles, annual economic and legal reviews, and book reviews. Its interdisciplinary content drawing on current research on Wales makes the journal essential reading for students and researchers across a range of subject areas, including political and social policy, history, law, media and languages. Contemporary Wales has published articles in English and in Welsh.

    Mae Contemporary Wales wedi’i gyhoeddi’n gan Wasg Prifysgol Cymru fel llwyfan ar gyfer ymchwil blaengar ar Gymru o safbwynt y gwyddorau economaidd, gwleidyddol a chymdeithasol. Mae'n cynnwys cyfuniad o erthyglau gan academyddion ac ymarferwyr, adolygiadau economaidd a chyfreithiol blynyddol, ac adolygiadau o gyhoeddiadau yn y maes. Mae natur rhyngddisgyblaethol y cynnwys sy'n seliedig ar yr ymchwil diweddaraf yn golygu bod y cyfnodolyn yn hanfodol i wleidyddion, gwneuthurwyr polisi, y cyfryngau, gwasanaethau cyhoeddus, llywodraeth leol yn ogystal â fyfyrwyr ac ymchwilwyr mewn ystod eang o feysydd gan gynnwys polisi gwleidyddol a chymdeithasol, hanes, y gyfraith, y cyfryngau a ieithoedd. Mae Contemporary Wales wedi cyhoeddi erthyglau yn y Gymraeg a’r Saesneg.

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