The invention of news how the world came to know about itself
"Long before the invention of printing, let alone the availability of a daily newspaper, people desired to be informed. In the pre-industrial era news was gathered and shared through conversation and gossip, civic ceremony, celebration, sermons, and proclamations. The age of print brought pamph...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Haven ; London, England :
Yale University Press
[2014]
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b35000016*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: All the news that's fit to tell
- The beginnings of news publication: Power and imagination ; The wheels of commerce ; The first news prints ; State and nation ; Confidential correspondents ; Marketplace and tavern ; Triumph and tragedy
- Mercury rising: Speeding the posts ; The first newspapers ; War and rebellion ; Storm in a coffee cup
- Enlightenment?: The search for truth ; The age of the journal ; In business ; From our own correspondent ; Cry freedom ; How Samuel Sewall read his paper
- Conclusion.
