The news under Russia's old regime : the development of a mass-circulation press / Louise McReynolds.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McReynolds, Louise, 1952- author.

Series:

Princeton Legacy Library

Princeton legacy library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Journalism--Soviet Union--History.

Journalism.

Russian newspapers--History.

Russian newspapers.

Press--Soviet Union--History.

Press.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (313 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1991]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this lively account of the rise of a commercial newspaper industry in imperial Russia, Louise McReynolds explores how the mass-circulation press created a forum for popular opinion advocating political change. From the Great Reforms of Tsar Alexander II in 1855 to the Bolsheviks' shut-down of the newspapers in 1917, she chronicles the exploits of publishers and editors, writers and readers. Arguing that this prosperous industry both expressed and shaped the development of ideas among new social groups, McReynolds provides insight into the growth in Russia of a fragile pluralism characteristic of modern societies. Her discussion of the relationship between communications and politics, which draws especially on Jurgen Habermas, combines a variety of interrelated ingredients: institutional histories of major newspapers, biographical sketches of journalists, the intellectual impact of the new language of newspaper journalism, the political ramifications of public opinion under the auspices of an autocratic government. Comparing the Russian press with independent commercial newspaper industries in the United States, England, and France, McReynolds examines the extent to which Russia was evolving according to Western political and socioeconomic patterns before the Bolshevik Revolution.Originally published in 1991.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Tables

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations Used in Footnotes and Tables

Introduction

1. The Origins of the Mass-Circulation Press

2. The Transition to Commercial Independence, 1863-1876

3. The Newspaper from the Boulevard, 1864-1876

4. The News Shapes the Medium: War and Assassination, 1876-1881

5. The Newspaper in Battle with the "Thick" Journal: Commercialization and Objectivity in the 1880s

6. The Grounding of a Public Institution in the 1890s

7. The Newspaper Reporter

8. The Journalism of Imperialism: The Russo-Japanese War

9. Russian Newspapers in Revolution, 1905-1907

10. The Newspaper Between Revolution and War, 1907-1914

11. The Newspaper in World War and Revolution, 1914-1917

Conclusion

Appendix A. Numbers, Circulations, and Street Sales of Newspapers

Appendix B. Statistics on Punishment by the Censorship

Appendix C. Content Analyses of Major Newspapers

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781400862320

1400862329

OCLC:

884013194