Atlantic Communications - The Media in American and German History from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century (Hardcover, First)

Atlantic Communications examines the historical development of communications technology and its impact on German-American relations from the 17th to the 20th century. Chronologically organized, the book is divided into five parts, each scrutinizing one or two central themes connected to the specific time period and technology involved. The book starts with speech as a dominant medium of the 17th and 18th centuries, when cultural brokers played a significant role in producing and spreading knowledge about America. During the 19th century, the technological competition between the old and the new world became a driving force for the history of transatlantic relations. This competition developed new dimensions with the invention of the telegraph and the emergence of news agencies. Information became commercialized. technologically possible. Print media, daily journals and especially weekly magazines became the medium of a critical style of journalism. The Muckrakers, representatives of a political and intellectual elite, criticized the social and cultural consequences of technological progress, thereby highlighting the negative effects of modernization. During the 1920s and 1930s, radio developed as a new mass medium, the first one to be used widely for political purposes. Not only did Josef Goebbels recognize the political possibilities of reaching the people directly via radio, Franklin Roosevelt used the radio as well to transmit his political messages in the form of fireside chats. to communicate the past, especially the historical experience of the Holocaust. Specific cultures of memory developed in both America and Germany. The demand to tackle the psychological and social problems stemming from the experiences during the Third Reich, advocated especially by the student movement, was most successfully taken up by the media. The television miniseries Holocaust had a far more profound impact on the public than efforts taken by school teachers, history professors or the institutions for political education who were officially in charge of Vergangenheitsbewaltigung.

General

Imprint:	Berg Publishers
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Krefeld Historical Symposia Series
Release date:	March 2004
First published:	March 2004
Editors:	Norbert Finzsch • Ursula Lehmkuhl
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	416
Edition:	First
ISBN-13:	978-1-85973-679-1
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Impact of science & technology on society Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > General Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Media, information & communication industries > General Books > Professional & Technical > Electronics & communications engineering > Communications engineering / telecommunications > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > General Promotions
LSN:	1-85973-679-3
Barcode:	9781859736791

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