Abstract:The article examines the state of German journalism a hundred years ago, when American journalism was becoming the role model for journalists all over the Western world. It deals with the questions (1...The article examines the state of German journalism a hundred years ago, when American journalism was becoming the role model for journalists all over the Western world. It deals with the questions (1) whether German journalists at that time were aware of modern aspects of text formats and writing styles and (2) if the inverted pyramid model of news writing—as a component of objectivity—was well established in German newspapers in 1914. The findings deconstruct the myth of old-fashioned partisan German journalism and underline the universality of American standards such as the ideal of the objectivity norm.Read More
Publication Year: 2016
Publication Date: 2016-10-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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