Chapter 10 Flashcards
How does local news change when times change?
Restrictions kept English press from reporting local news.
English Civil War distracted King Charles and press reported his beheading in 1649. Seven years earlier they were not allowed to mention him in the news.
Freedom of the press meant freedom to report?
Local news
Who was the father of English Journalism?
Samuel Pecke
When did British Press end again?
1649 when the parliament re-eastablished, licensing and imprisonment returned
What two London newspapers survived?
Intelligencer
London Gazette
How was science news transmitted?
By letters until 1650 and then began to be published in journals
What was the first scientific journal?
Journal de savants
How did newspapers build strong links with business
Both existed in the marketplace and newspapers could provide lists of ports, ships, and led to the practical information today such as weather and movie times
What was advertisements?
First advertised for themselves (selling maps)
English newspapers had ads for personal/corporate that was informative and manipulative
Who sold the papers>
girls