Book review: the media and financial crises: comparative and historical perspectives edited by Steve Schifferes and Richard Roberts

Chesterton, Fiona (2015) Book review: the media and financial crises: comparative and historical perspectives edited by Steve Schifferes and Richard Roberts [Online resource]

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This collection puts the role of the media in shaping our response to the financial crisis under the microscope. A recurring theme in the book is the inherent difficulty of a specialist financial press, with City sources and for much of the time a City audience, keeping a critical distance, writes Fiona Chesterton.