Michael Mann
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- March 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780199472178
- eISBN:
- 9780199088843
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199472178.003.0004
- Subject:
- History, Indian History, Social History
The chapter introduces the selection of seven English newspapers owned by Indians to be scrutinized in the book’s final two chapters. It describes the history of the newspapers, ownerships, political ...
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The chapter introduces the selection of seven English newspapers owned by Indians to be scrutinized in the book’s final two chapters. It describes the history of the newspapers, ownerships, political bias as well as the change of format and layout. The latter is of particular importance as these changes indicate the massive influence telegraphic news had on a newspaper’s graphic design and formatting. Telegraphic news deeply transformed the outer appearance and the contents of newspapers, although not every newspaper under consideration was transformed in the same way. Also, as a dependent annexe to the globally operating Reuters’ news agency, Indian news agencies are taken into consideration in their attempt to gain access to local, regional, and national news production. It is in this context that telegraphic reporting in India, as elsewhere in the world, had a profound impact on the way news was produced and articles written by an emerging new professional: the journalist.Less
The chapter introduces the selection of seven English newspapers owned by Indians to be scrutinized in the book’s final two chapters. It describes the history of the newspapers, ownerships, political bias as well as the change of format and layout. The latter is of particular importance as these changes indicate the massive influence telegraphic news had on a newspaper’s graphic design and formatting. Telegraphic news deeply transformed the outer appearance and the contents of newspapers, although not every newspaper under consideration was transformed in the same way. Also, as a dependent annexe to the globally operating Reuters’ news agency, Indian news agencies are taken into consideration in their attempt to gain access to local, regional, and national news production. It is in this context that telegraphic reporting in India, as elsewhere in the world, had a profound impact on the way news was produced and articles written by an emerging new professional: the journalist.
