Media After 1945: Continuities and New Beginnings
Authors: Wagner, H.U., Chignell, H., Cronqvist, M., Hilgert, C. and Skoog, K.
Pages: 189-204
DOI: 10.1002/9781119161783.ch10
Abstract:This chapter on media at the end of World War II provides an overview of the European media landscape in the second half of the 1940s that institutionally saw diverse changes but with regard to practices of and preferences in media production and use remained more or less stable despite considerable political upheaval. This general trend is sketched out against the backdrop of the specific situation of Germany's “formative years” and societal developments in the United Kingdom and Sweden. Contemporary debates on media legislation are outlined as well as the roles played by a range of media agents who represented and shaped these developments. Some key topics addressed by media in the post-war years are pinpointed and discussed in the context of traditional and novel media formats and media products. The overarching aim is to reveal continuities and new beginnings.
Source: Scopus
