A Victorian Authority : : The Daily Press in Late Nineteenth-Century Canada / / Paul Rutherford.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• VerfasserIn: Rutherford, Paul,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]; ©1982
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Heritage
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (304 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Illustrations --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; 1. The prerequisites of mass communication --; 2. The making of the daily press --; 3. The newspaper industry --; 4. The daily fare --; 5. Mythmaking --; 6. A fourth estate? --; 7. Conclusion --; APPENDIX. Leading daily newspapers 1870-1900 --; Notes --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781487579975; 9783110490947
• DOI: 10.3138/9781487579975
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Paul Rutherford.

During the last third of the nineteenth century a fierce rivalry among party 'organs,' sectarian dailies, upstart 'people's journals,' and revamped 'quality' papers fashioned a popular journalism for a large, chiefly urban audience in Canada. By the end of the 1890s, the number of daily and weekly editions of these newspapers exceeded the count of Canadian families. The country's first mass medium has arrived. Professor Rutherford charts the growth of the daily press, describing personalities and events. He surveys the cultural prerequisites for mass communication -- the growth of the city, of urban publics, and of mass literacy -- and looks at the personnel, business routines, and worries of the new industry, showing how the news and views, ads and entertainment of the press changed as publishers competed for increased circulation. He also analyses the mythologies purveyed by the popular press across Canada, defines the press's connection with the 'establishment,' and shows how daily papers suited the libertarian model of a 'free press.' This volume is a novel addition to our literature on nation building, revealing the significant role played by the popular press in the making of Victorian society and the shaping of the twentieth century.