The invention of news : how the world came to know about itself / Andrew Pettegree


Item type | Current library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Prêt normal | Enssib | Papier | Pôle Information numérique et médias | 007 HIS p (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 9200893 |
Autre tirage en version brochée : 2015
Bibliogr. p. [408]-428. Notes bibliogr. Index
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 pamphlets, edicts, ballads, journals, and the first news-sheets, expanding the news community from local to worldwide. This groundbreaking book tracks the history of news in ten countries over the course of four centuries. It evaluates the unexpected variety of ways in which information was transmitted in the premodern world as well as the impact of expanding news media on contemporary events and the lives of an ever-more-informed public. Editeur
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