Victorian Press and the Working Classes

The mainstream newspapers did not represent the working classes, as they were not considered part of the readership. The only representation came from radical newspapers such as the ‘Northern Star’.

The key concepts involved in discovering how the Victorian press represented the working classes it is important to choose an era of unrest amongst the working classes. Taking in to account that the Northern Star is the most well known of the radical working class newspapers, it is easy to map this to the Chartist period in Britain. Taking this as a guideline the period should be between 1838 to 1852, following the rise and fall of Chartism. To contrast the views of the Northern Star it is advisable to find another newspaper. The best would be the Leeds Mercury. Being a northern paper it will give good contrasting views to that of the Northern Star.

Taking in to account of the amount of issues available for both sets of newspapers it is paramount to filter them in some way. To do this I will take an issue every ten years or so from each and contrast the stories in each. In doing this it will enable me to look at certain i

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Approximate Word count = 2899
Approximate Pages = 12 (250 words per page double spaced)