Shrinking planet, expanding imaginary: the imperial press system and the idea of Greater Britain

Dougall, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3630-7808 2023. Shrinking planet, expanding imaginary: the imperial press system and the idea of Greater Britain. International Relations 37 (1) , pp. 48-71. 10.1177/00471178211045620

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Abstract

This article explores the relationship between the 19th century ‘global transformation’ and the contemporary intensification of communication media through the lens of Greater Britain, a late-Victorian ordering imaginary centred on the integration of Britain and its white settler colonies. Contrary to existing conceptions of globe-spanning media as either components of ‘interaction capacity’ or boundary conditions that set broad outer limits for political thought, I advance an understanding of media as socio-technical and political structures in their own right and explore how they surface meanings and representations upon which imaginaries such as Greater Britain depended. The argument thereby contributes to International Relations (IR) debates on global modernity, communication media and the dynamics of historical change.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Cardiff Law & Politics
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
ISSN:	0047-1178
Last Modified:	29 Apr 2026 23:19
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/186164

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