Herrschaftskontrolle durch Öffentlichkeit

Die publizistische Darstellung politischer Konflikte im Heiligen Römischen Reich 1648–1750

By (author) Johannes Arndt

Book cover: Herrschaftskontrolle durch Öffentlichkeit

Extent: 610 pages

Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

Subjects: Communications, Film, & Media Studies, Social Sciences 

Series: Veroffentlichungen des Instituts fur Europaische Geschichte Mainz

Series volume number: 224

Language: German

Hardback (Out of print)

(December 2012)

ISBN: 9783525101087

6.3 x 9.33 inches

Price: $213.00

Out of stock

The media system of political journalism in Germany of the Early Modern Era was by no means an official entity. Rather, increasing autonomy developed based on a reciprocal relationship with the developmental processes. It profited from the broad availability of a steady flow of financial resources and thus remained independent of patronizing transfer benefits. Both publishers and editors interpreted the “agenda setting” according to their own criteria, motivated more by news value than by linguistic rules. The readers were at first only those who populated the court(yards) as well as the landed and upcoming learned men. In the 17th century, however, their influence spread until, in the course of the 18th century, even the unlearned came to show an interest.

  • By (author) Johannes Arndt