Press and politics in the Weimar Republic / Bernhard Fulda.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fulda, Bernhard.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Press and politics--Germany--History--20th century.

Press and politics.

Press--Germany--History--20th century.

Press.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (343 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Press 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 pow

Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The Berlin Press, 1918-32; Commercialization and consumer orientation; Weltanschauung and politicization; Newspaper circulation and elections; Readers and content; Newspaper finances; Tabloids; Press support and electoral behaviour; Conclusion; 2. Media Personalities, 1918-24; The personification of defeat; The press campaign against Erzberger; Erzberger on trial; Climate of hate; Rising from obscurity; Putsch stories; Creation of a media personality; Conclusion

3. Competing Stories, 1924-5Press politics and scandal-mongering; The Magdeburg trial; Staging Barmat: the judiciary as catalyst; Scandal as a political weapon; The proliferation of scandal; The consequences of scandal; Conclusion; 4. The 'Unpolitical' Press: Provincial Newspapers around Berlin, 1925-8; The 'unpolitical' Führer: rallying for Hindenburg; Politics of the 'unpolitical' press; Expropriating the princes; Conclusion; 5. Conquering Headlines: Violence, Sensations, and the Rise of the Nazis, 1928-30; The crisis of the parliamentary 'system'; The rise of political violence

May Day 1929: creation of scapegoatsHugenberg, Young, and the Nazis; Scandal-mongering; The making and breaking of parties; Spinning murder stories; The perception of dynamism; Campaigning against the Nazis; Breakthrough; Conclusion; 6. War of Words: The Spectre of Civil War, 1931-2; Facing an unruly press; The spectre of civil war; Crisis; Gauging public opinion; Spreading terror; The proliferation of violence; Press manipulations; The making of the president; Hindenburg's non-partisanship; Rolling back democracy; Conclusion; 7. Conclusion; The imagination of influence

The dynamics of political communicationThe Weimar Republic in the eyes of the beholder; Salesmen of ideology; Governing the press; Consequences; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-316) and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-156326-9

1-281-97876-0

9786611978761

OCLC:

311866584