Press and politics in the Weimar Republic Fulda, Bernhard creator author. text bibliography Electronic books. History nyu 2009 monographic eng remote 1 online resource (xvii, 324 pages) : illustrations, maps, plans "This book offers a new interpretation of the fate of Germany's first democracy and the advent of Hitler's Third Reich. It explores the role of the press in the politics of the Weimar Republic, and it asks how influential it really was in undermining democratic values. Anyone who seeks to understand the relationship between the press and politics has to confront a central problem. Newspapers certainly told their readers how to vote, especially at election time. And it was widely accepted that the press wielded immense political power. And yet power ultimately fell to a radical politician whose party press had been strikingly unsuccessful. The book unravels this apparent paradox by focusing on Berlin, the political centre of the Weimar Republic and the capital of the German press. The book examines the complex relationship between media presentation, popular reception, and political attitudes in this period. What was the relationship between newspaper circulation and electoral behaviour? Which papers did well, and why? What was the nature of political coverage in the press? Who was most influenced by it? The book explores the nature and impact of newspaper reporting on German politics, politicians, and voters. It shows how the press personalized politics, how politicians were turned into celebrities or hate figures, and how through distortions individual newspapers succeeded in building up a plausible partisan counter‐reality."--Provided by publisher. The Berlin Press, 1918-32 -- Media personalities, 1918-24 -- Competing stories, 1924-5 -- The 'unpolitical' press : provincial newspapers around Berlin, 1925-8 -- Conquering headlines : violence, sensations, and the rise of the Nazis, 1928-30 -- War of words: The spectre of Civil War, 1931-2. Bernhard Fulda. Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-316) and index. e-gx--- Press and politics Germany History 20th century Press Germany History 20th century Presse Allemagne Histoire 20e siècle LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES Journalism Press Press and politics Germany Presshistoria Tyskland 1918-1933 (Weimarrepubliken) Politik och massmedia 1918-1933 (Weimarrepubliken) Tyskland historia 1918-1933 (Weimarrepubliken) 1900-1999 fast PN5208 .F85 2009eb 073 Press and politics in the Weimar Republic Fulda, Bernhard. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009 (DLC) 2008041402 (OCoLC)255018838 9780191563263 0191563269 0199547785 9780199547784 197876 MIL http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=https://academic.oup.com/book/12838 N$T 090303 20260318174036.8 in00005703517 eng