The Invention of News: How the World Came to Know About Itself

The Invention of News: How the World Came to Know About Itself

â€œA fascinating account of the gathering and dissemination of news from the end of the Middle Ages to the French Revolutionâ€ and the rise of the newspaper (Glenn Altschuler, The Huffington Post).
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Long before the invention of printing, let alone the daily newspaper, people wanted to stay informed. In the pre-industrial era, news was mostly shared through gossip, sermons, and proclamations. The age of print brought pamphlets, ballads, and the first news-sheets. In this groundbreaking history, renowned historian Andrew Pettegree tracks the evolution of news in ten countries over the course of four centuries, examining the impact of news media on contemporary events and the lives of an ever-more-informed public.
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The Invention of News sheds light on who controlled the news and who reported it; the use of news as a tool of political protest and religious reform; issues of privacy and titillation; the persistent need for news to be current and for journalists to be trustworthy; and peopleâ€™s changing sense of themselves and their communities as they experienced newly opened windows on the world.
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â€œThis expansive view of news and how it reached people will be fascinating to readers interested in communication and cultural history.â€ â€”Library Journal (starred review)
Country USA
Manufacturer Yale University Press
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2019-06-18
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Yale University Press
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2019-06-18
Format	Kindle eBook

The Invention of News: How the World Came to Know About Itself

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