Family Newspapers? provides the first detailed historical study of
modern popular press coverage of sex and private life, from the
start of the mass newspaper reading boom in 1918 to the triumph of
the Sun's sexualized journalism in 1978, when circulation overtook
that of its rival, the Daily Mirror.
In this period, newspapers were at the heart of British popular
culture, and Fleet Street's preoccupation with sex meant that the
press was a hugely significant source of knowledge and imagery
about sexual behavior, personal relationships, and moral codes.
Focusing on changing ideas of what sexual content was deemed "fit
to print," Adrian Bingham reveals how editors negotiated the
tension between exploiting public curiosity about sex and ensuring
that their journalism remained within the bounds of acceptability
for a "family newspaper." The study challenges established
interpretations of social change by drawing attention to the ways
in which the press opened up the public discussion of sexuality
before the 'permissiveness' of the 1960s.
Exploring the spectacular diversity of the press's sexual
content--from advice columns to pin-ups, from court reports to
celebrity revelations--Bingham offers a rich and thought-provoking
investigation of a media form that has done much to shape the
character of modern Britain.
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