Mass Media and Historical Change : : Germany in International Perspective, 1400 to the Present / / Frank Bösch.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• VerfasserIn: Bösch, Frank,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (212 p.)

Media influenced politics, culture, and everyday life long before the invention of the Internet. This book shows how the advent of new media has changed societies in modern history, focusing not on the specifics of technology but rather on their distribution, use, and impact. Using Germany as an example for international trends, it compares the advent of printing in Europe and East Asia, and the impact of the press on revolutions, nation building, and wars in North America and Europe. The rise of tabloids and film is discussed as an international phenomenon, as the importance of media during National Socialism is looked at in comparison with Fascist Italy and Spain. Finally, this book offers a precise analysis of media during the Cold War, with divided Germany providing the central case study.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: Approaches to Media History -- 1. The Breakthrough of Typographic Printing -- 2. The Establishment of Periodicals -- 3. The Media and the Road to Modernity -- 4. Modernity, World Wars and Dictatorships -- 5. The Media during the Cold War -- Epilogue: The Internet Age from the Perspective of Media History -- Bibliography -- Index