Public opinion (journalism and communication) [ Social interaction / Communication ]
… the communicative innovations of the time. Especially in England, France, Northern Italy and the Holy Roman Empire, the Enlightenment featured the rise of new forms of sociability. Ahead of the Industrial Revolution, the appearance of the … of English public opinion: ‘The monopoly position of the publishing trade had significant implications for the age of enlightenment in England'. 2 This is what Harold Innis pointed out in one of his conclusions in The Bias of Communication … of the public sphere, ahead of the advent of the Industrial Revolution and the electric age. The spread of the ideals of Enlightenment sociability was hastened by the flourishing of books and journals thanks to the new print techniques: …
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