Public opinion (journalism and communication) [ Social interaction / Communication ]
… of information, opinions and collective reflections. This stems from the rise of the popular press and successful novels, in conjunction with improved editorial products and cultural and social gatherings. Eighteenth-century public … by the flourishing of books and journals thanks to the new print techniques: ‘Travellers as well as books, be they novels or advice manuals, disseminated these new values, conveying the sense of a modern taste for sociable encounters. 3 … model of sociability . Addison adapted the essay within the leading article and developed Defoe ’s insight in merging novels with essays, thus making ‘a clear and substantial contribution to the emergence of both genres’. 9 As a …
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