Public opinion (journalism and communication) [ Social interaction / Communication ]
… of coffeehouses , led to the dawn of modern public opinion and increased the public influence of writers, journalists, printers and poets, whose social relevance intermingled with the communicative innovations of the time. Especially in … of the ideals of Enlightenment sociability was hastened 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, … Domsch and Mascha Hansen (eds.), British Sociability in the European Enlightenment (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021), p. 2. Print innovation merged with a craving for freedom of speech and thought, which were to be hindered by political control …
Books | Censorship | Newspapers | Periodicals | Public sphere
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