News in Times of Conflict

The Development of the German Newspaper, 1605-1650
Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-90-04-43248-2
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 90, 228 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 681 g

Reihe: Library of the Written Word / Library of the Written Word - The Handpress World

News in Times of Conflict traces the development and spread of the newspaper and the development of the printing industry in Germany in the first half of the seventeenth century. Based on an inspection of all printed newspapers of this period, the book offers an overview of regional and thematic reporting and the development of journalistic styles and ethics.

The book offers an examination of the coverage of two major events: the death of the Swedish king Gustavus Adolphus, and the execution of King Charles I of England. These case studies provide the opportunity for a comparison with the newspaper markets in France, England and the Low Countries, and with the provision of news through manuscript newsletters.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hillgärtner, Jan

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Medien-, Informations und Kommunikationswirtschaft Presse & Journalismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Deutsche Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Mediengeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Journalismus & Presse

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

List of Figures and Tables

Terminology, Dates, Titles and Translation

1 The History of the German Newspaper

1 Newspapers, Broadsheets and Pamphlets

2 The Spread of the Newspaper

3 Understanding the Growth of the Press and the Mechanics of Reporting

4 Bibliographical Coverage

5 The Newspaper as an Object of Research

6 Newspaper Research, the Public Sphere and Network Analysis

2 The Growth of the Newspaper Industry

1 The First Fifty Years. Hopes and Setbacks

2 The Long and Short Story of Success and Failure

3 Promoting the Idea of the Newspaper

4 News and Big Business. The Period After 1650

5 A Profitable Business in Full Swing

3 The Anatomy of the Newspaper Revisited

1 An International Network of Correspondence

2 Stories from Far-Flung Places

3 Switzerland – A Forgotten Land?

4 The Dutch Backbone of the German Newspapers

5 Dutch News as Gateway for Foreign Reporting

6 Domestic Reporting in Disguise: River Reports

7 Winning the Readers’ Attention: Title-Pages

8 The Pitfalls of Seriality

9 A Corrector of News: Johann Jakob Gabelkover and the Zeittungen

4 1632. Digesting an Unforeseen Death

1 Measuring the King’s Presence

2 A (Presumably) Good Time to Start a Newspaper: The Early 1630s

3 Conveying the Right Story

4 Confusion, Propaganda and Bias in the News

5 Written Reactions in an Elitist News Network

6 The Legacy of the King in Print

5 1649. Of Confusion and Daily Fear

1 The Plot Thickens: The Civil War and British News

2 English Perspectives on the Execution

3 Dutch and German Voices

4 News, Plays and the Dissemination of Royalist Ideas

5 Deliberately Patchy Reporting in the Gazette de France

6 A Reflection through Satire

Appendix A: Places of Correspondence in German Newspapers, 1609–1650

Appendix B: Chronological Bibliography of German-Language Newspapers, 1605–1650

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Jan Hillgärtner, PhD, is Research Fellow at the Universal Short Title Catalogue. He has published on the history of the German newspaper and is currently preparing a bibliography of German newspapers in the seventeenth century (Brill, 2021).