Visions of the Press in Britain, 1850-1950Historians recognize the cultural centrality of the newspaper press in Britain, yet very little has been published regarding competing historical understandings of the press and its proper role in British society. In Visions of the Press in Britain, 1850 1950, Mark Hampton argues that qualities expected of the contemporary British press lively writing, speed, impartiality, depth, and the ability to topple corrupt governments by informing readers are