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OverviewPress and Politics offers a new interpretation of the fate of Germany's first democracy and the advent of Hitler's Third Reich. It is the first study to explore the role of the press in the politics of the Weimar Republic, and to ask how influential it really was in undermining democratic values. Anyone who seeks to understand the relationship between the press and politics in Germany at this time has to confront a central problem. Newspapers certainly told their readers how to vote, especially at election time. It was widely accepted that the press wielded immense political power. And yet power ultimately fell to Adolf Hitler, a radical politician whose party press had been strikingly unsuccessful. Press and Politics unravels this apparent paradox by focusing on Berlin, the political centre of the Weimar Republic and the capital of the German press. The book examines the complex relationship between media presentation, popular reception, and political attitudes in this period. What was the relationship between newspaper circulation and electoral behaviour? Which papers did well, and why? What was the nature of political coverage in the press? Who was most influenced by it? Bernhard Fulda addresses all these questions and more, looking at the nature and impact of newspaper reporting on German politics, politicians, and voters. He shows how the press personalized politics, how politicians were turned into celebrities or hate figures, and how - through deliberate distortions - individual newspapers succeeded in building up a plausible, partisan counter-reality. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Bernhard Fulda (Lecturer and Fellow in History, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 16.10cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 24.20cm Weight: 0.725kg ISBN: 9780199547784ISBN 10: 0199547785 Pages: 342 Publication Date: 08 January 2009 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviews`it deserves praise for throwing the differentiated structure of the press and its complex relationship with politics into sharp relief ... Fulda's study will serve as an inspiring contribution to Weimar scholarship.' Dirk Schumann, English Historical Review `This is a highly original study that fills a gaping hole in the literature on Weimar Germany. Focusing on Berlin, but always with an eye to the 'national' picture, Fulda's work offers not so much a history of the press in the Weimar years as a history of the Republic through the lens of the press. The links he forges between political coverage, entertainment and the increasing consumer orientation of publishers and readers alike show how much we can gain by approaching politics as an integral part of popular culture, and vice-versa. ' Corey Ross, University of Birmingham <br> This is a highly original study that fills a gaping hole in the literature on Weimar Germany. Focusing on Berlin, but always with an eye to the 'national' picture, Fulda's work offers not so much a history of the press in the Weimar years as a history of the Republic through the lens of the press. The links he forges between political coverage, entertainment and the increasing consumer orientation of publishers and readers alike show how much we can gain by approaching politics as an integral part of popular culture, and vice-versa. --Corey Ross, University of Birmingham<p><br> Review from previous edition This is a highly original study that fills a gaping hole in the literature on Weimar Germany. Focusing on Berlin, but always with an eye to the 'national' picture, Fulda's work offers not so much a history of the press in the Weimar years as a history of the Republic through the lens of the press. The links he forges between political coverage, entertainment and the increasing c <br> This is a highly original study that fills a gaping hole in the literature on Weimar Germany. Focusing on Berlin, but always with an eye to the 'national' picture, Fulda's work offers not so much a history of the press in the Weimar years as a history of the Republic through the lens of the press. The links he forges between political coverage, entertainment and the increasing consumer orientation of publishers and readers alike show how much we can gain by approaching politics as an integral part of popular culture, and vice-versa. --Corey Ross, University of Birmingham<br> Review from previous edition This is a highly original study that fills a gaping hole in the literature on Weimar Germany. Focusing on Berlin, but always with an eye to the 'national' picture, Fulda's work offers not so much a history of the press in the Weimar years as a history of the Republic through the lens of the press. The links he forges between political coverage, entertainment and the increasing cons This is a highly original study that fills a gaping hole in the literature on Weimar Germany. Focusing on Berlin, but always with an eye to the 'national' picture, Fulda's work offers not so much a history of the press in the Weimar years as a history of the Republic through the lens of the press. The links he forges between political coverage, entertainment and the increasing consumer orientation of publishers and readers alike show how much we can gain by approaching politics as an integral part of popular culture, and vice-versa. --Corey Ross, University of Birmingham Review from previous edition This is a highly original study that fills a gaping hole in the literature on Weimar Germany. Focusing on Berlin, but always with an eye to the 'national' picture, Fulda's work offers not so much a history of the press in the Weimar years as a history of the Republic through the lens of the press. The links he forges between political coverage, entertainment and the increasing consumer orientation of publishers and readers alike show how much we can gain by approaching politics as an integral part of popular culture, and vice-versa. --Corey Ross, Universityof Birmingham An impressively in-depth quantitative analysis of more than 30 Berlin and regional dailies from 1918 to 1933, in addition to public and private papers of media publishers and politicians. This study makes a significant contribution to the scholarship on the Weimar press. -- German Studies Review This is a highly original study that fills a gaping hole in the literature on Weimar Germany. Focusing on Berlin, but always with an eye to the 'national' picture, Fulda's work offers not so much a history of the press in the Weimar years as a history of the Republic through the lens of the press. The links he forges between political coverage, entertainment and the increasing consumer orientation of publishers and readers alike show how much we can gain by approaching politics as an integral part of popular culture, and vice-versa. --Corey Ross, University of Birmingham<br> Author InformationBernhard Fulda is a Lecturer and Fellow in History at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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