ENGLISH NEWSPAPERS HISTORICAL ORIGIN TNE CAUSE

ENGLISH NEWSPAPERS HISTORICAL ORIGIN

TNE CAUSE OF APPEARENCE getting interested in the world understanding that the events so far from them can influence their life

4 PRINCIPLE METHODS OF CIRCULATION NEWS 1. Proclamation – issued by king or queen; oral first; presented by heralds; later on became written; appeared on the Villagegreen; gave the information about the news of the country and abroad, decisions of the Royal Court

2. SERMON – presented by the priest included some general information about the most important events in the country and abroad, about the most interesting places in the village in this community, in this parish

3. FOLKLORE – songs, stories, which were performed in the streets, pubs; presented the information about some historical events, death of Queens or Kings

4. PACKMEN – people who moved different countries, sold the trifles and brought the information

THE APPEARANCE OF THE FIRST NEWS-SERVICE communication with merchants and ambassadors exchange of gossip

Panle’s Walke (the most famous news-market) spending of time in London: from March to September INTELLIGENTERS- people, who collected the information in London and sent it in the form of letters – NEWSLETTERS – the first type of circulation news

JOHANNE GUTTENBERG 1436 – invented THE PRINTING PRESS in Germany May possible to copy some Pr. Mat. Made this Pr. Mat. Much cheaper Used to copy books: religious and scientific

1476 – PP was introduced in Great Britain by WILLIAM CAXTON – the 1 st British publicist Published 80 books CAXTONS — books published by him (his name was used to denote them) CAXTONE PRINT

THE 1 ST NEWSPAPERS Appeared in Germany, late in LOW COUNTRIES (Belgium, Holland) Looked like pocket books Had 8, 16 or 24 pages

2 types of publications (came in Latin) RELATION (described 1 important event) CORANTO (described events during some period of time)

The 1 st famous publicists George Veseler Thomas Archer (1 st corantoes) Nathenial Butter (1 st who printed NP in Great Britain) Ben Jonson (Yellow press)

NP – weapon in the political struggle The Government prevented it by prohibition on printing NPs

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