When News Was New

When News was New investigates how news has re-invented itself at different historical moments--from medieval storytellers to 19th century telegraph news agencies to 21st century bloggers. Tracks the evolution of news through history Explores the regular reconstruction of news, the salability of news, and whether objectivity matters Provides an innovative approach to the history of news; clear, succinct writing; and effective use of photographs, maps, and tables which have strong appeal to the student reader Offers a new way of understanding news in our history and culture

List of Figures and Tables viii Acknowledgments ix Introduction: When News Was New x 1 Temporalization: How News Became New 1 2 Cosmopolitanization: An Older Phenomenon Than We Think 19 3 Globalization: When News Became Global 42 4 Commodifi cation: How To Sell News 58 5 Localization: Places in News 76 6 Nationalization: News and the Nation-states 92 7 Epilogue: Today Was Yesterday 112 Bibliography 133 Index 146