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- Title
Von der „schlechten Presse“ zu den „guten Medien.“.
- Authors
Schmolke, Michael
- Abstract
In the 19th century numerous catholic magazines and newspapers have been founded in some countries in europe. Conditions of their formation were (1) the ideas of the french revolution, especially the freedom of press; (2) the annulment of clerical princedoms in the old german empire and (3) the feeling as a catholic citizen to struggle against secularized antagonists. An inner constraint of the catholic press and their journalists and publishers was on the one hand, to be dependent on the freedom of press, on the other hand to stay loyal to the clerical authorities. The quality of the papers couldn't grow until more and more catholics made use of intellectual freedom inside the church in the end of the 19th century. The new media film and broadcasting were conducive to this development. The Nazi press control helped the catholic media and the ecclesiastical leadership to become closer. In this way the diocesan press could grow after 1945: catholic weekly papers, published by the bishops, often edited by priests, with an exclusive distribution area. After the Second Vatican Council this type of press lost its relevance. Attempts of modernization (e.g. „Publik") failed or were without consequences (e.g. Communio et Progressio).
- Subjects
CATHOLIC Church; NEWSPAPERS; CATHOLIC Church history; FREEDOM of speech; FRENCH Revolution, 1789-1799; NATIONAL socialism; PRESS
- Publication
Communicatio Socialis, 2010, Vol 43, Issue 3, p233
- ISSN
0010-3497
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5771/0010-3497-2010-3-233