Public opinion (journalism and communication) [ Social interaction / Communication ]
… forms of sociability that would appear later on. Concepts > Social interaction Practices > Communication Mots-clés Books Censorship Newspapers Periodicals Public sphere In the eighteenth century, the increase in circulation of books and … to Innis, irony and satire were seen as social weapons capable of overstepping the limits imposed by the most insidious censorship. After the stamp tax of 1712, the beginning of Walpole’s rise to power and the end of the wars, ‘writers were … York: Routledge, 2002), p. 22. Thus, good writing intertwined with communicative experimentation in order to circumvent censorship and exploit the powerful influence of printers and booksellers. The concept of public opinion generated a new …
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