Media and the Making of History
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Chronic
Counter-hegemonic Discourse
Devious
die
Die Fackel
disarmament
discourse analysis methods
discourses
East Berlin
eastern
Education System
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european
European social history
Face To Face
fackel
Federal Republic Of Germany
GDR
GDR Regime
GDR Society
german
Gorbachev
Hegemonic Discourse
Kraus's Writings
Linguistic Corruption
mass communication theory
media criticism traditions
media influence on historical events
Moment Of Truth
NATO
nuclear
Nuclear Disarmament
political communication studies
Post-war
propaganda analysis
UK's Contribution
UN
unification
USA
Viennese
West Germany
Product details
- ISBN 9780367604509
- Weight: 440g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 30 Jun 2020
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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While the huge impact of the mass media on everyday social life is acknowledged, it has generally been assigned a peripheral role in the historical process. This intriguing book demonstrates that, far from being a footnote, media discourse has been a critical factor in recent European history, and indeed one that distinguishes the twentieth century from all previous ones. John Theobald looks back to the First World War, analyzing the use and abuse of journalistic discourse in the portrayal of events to the public and to decision-makers. He goes on to present a series of case studies demonstrating the active mass media role in a selection of key events from the twentieth century including: the Cold War, the collapse of Communism in the GDR and German unification, debates over the European Union and the impact of September 11, 2001. He sets these studies within the context of traditions of radical mass media criticism from early analysts such as Kraus, Tönnies and Tarde through to contemporaries such as Chomsky, Bourdieu and Pilger.
John Theobald is Associate Professor in Modern Languages at Southampton Institute, UK.
