Communicating the News in Early Modern Europe

This history of early modern news focuses on news itself rather than specific material forms. Centering on movement through different media, time, and place, it makes the case for a truly comparative, pan-European history of news. After the Introduction, the second section, News Moves, explores how we think about and research news culture and news communication, demonstrating movement is more important than static forms. The third, News Sings, focuses on news ballads, comparing actors, publics, music, and soundscapes of ballad singing in several European cities, highlighting the central role of immaterial elements, such as sound, music and voice. The fourth, News Counts, argues that seeing news the way a machine might read it¿through its metadatäis one way of moving beyond form, allowing us to find surprising commonalities in news cultures which differ greatly in both time and place.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. News Moves; 3. News Sings; 4. News Counts; 5. Conclusion: Future News History.

Summary

This history of early modern news focuses on news itself rather than specific material forms. Centering on movement through different media, time, and place, it makes the case for a truly comparative, pan-European history of news.

Product details

• Authors: Jenni Hyde, Jenni (Lancaster University) Rospocher Hyde, Joad Raymond, Raymond Joad, Massimo Rospocher, Rospocher Massimo, Yann Ryan, Hannu Salmi, Salmi Hannu, Alexandra Schäfer-Griebel
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2023
• EAN: 9781009384438
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0938443-8
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements in Publishing and Book Culture
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Journalism; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism, Europe, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications, Press & journalism, News media and journalism, Publishing industry & book trade, Publishing and book trade