The 19th century saw the arrival of the mass media - high-volume illustrated newspapers and magazines, photography and the telegraph which connected every part of the Empire. From the beginning, royalty was an essential subject for the media; Victoria`s reign was documented in a detail never known before - her accession and coronation, her very public marriage, her travels at home and abroad, her jubilees, and, ultimately her death and funeral.
In this text, John Plunkett studies the role of the media in Queen Victoria`s reign. He argues that the development of popular print and visual media in the 19th century helped to reinvent the position of the monarchy in national life. He reveals how the royal family was one of the principal beneficiaries of the growth of cheap newspapers and illustrated periodicals and the advent of new media. He brings to light previously unexamined material, including a detailed account of the emergence of royal journalism and the role of functionaries like the Court Newsman, and shows how photographs of Victoria were routinely retouched and manipulated in the later decades of the century.
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In this text, John Plunkett studies the role of the media in Queen Victoria`s reign. He argues that the development of popular print and visual media in the 19th century helped to reinvent the position of the monarchy in national life. He reveals how the royal family was one of the principal beneficiaries of the growth of cheap newspapers and illustrated periodicals and the advent of new media. He brings to light previously unexamined material, including a detailed account of the emergence of royal journalism and the role of functionaries like the Court Newsman, and shows how photographs of Victoria were routinely retouched and manipulated in the later decades of the century.
Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.