Identify the contemporary media accounts that
you will be analyzing in connection with the trial case that you are
researching and examining (list the respective writers (if applicable), article
titles, the titles of the respective publications in which they appeared, and
the date on which they were respectively published). Given your familiarity
with 21st century media, what similarities and differences do you
discern between newspaper and broadsides of the past and news articles of the
present? What might these similarities/differences imply about the role of the
media in society and how much it has or has not changed over time? What
challenges, if any, did you encounter in tracking down your chosen
newspaper/broadside articles?
The Article I would have loved to choose would have been "THE TRIAL OF CONSTANCE WILSON, THE WHOLESALE POISONER" that was published on Friday, October 1862 in East Riding of Yorkshire, England. I tried creating an account with The British Newspaper Archive but it wasn't as simple as I thought. I chose the free trial option, received the email saying thank you for subscribing but was unable to log in, the message kept saying wrong password and when I tried changing the password, it said my email was not in there database (AWKWARD). I waited until the next day to allow everything to process and still was unable to log in. I cancelled my subscription, I also saved the emails for your review (just in case).
ReplyDeleteHowever, I wanted to know if the one article that you gave us the link to was sufficient?
When comparing 21st Century media to the articles from the 18th and 19th century I noticed minimal similarities. It seems to me that back then they told stories and gave too much detail when quoting what a professional may or may not have said. Nowadays they're more brief in description as well as factual, straight to the point. The only similarity that stuck out to me was the fact that the deaths could be found in the "Death Section" of the paper. Otherwise, it was mostly different especially in structure, font, and importance of information.
Unknown. "LONDON, Oftober 2*." Ipwich Journal 23 Oct. 1725: Print.
ReplyDeleteUnknown. "The following is said to be a true Copy sent by Sheppard to his Mother." Stamford Mercury 29 Oct. 1724: Print.
The media sources I will be using in my research project are from the website The British Newspaper Archive. The two newspaper articles are from the 1700’s and published in two two different regions in England, Suffolk (Ipwich Jounral) and Lincolnshire (Stamford Mercury).
Over the centuries, newspaper formats appear to have remained the same . However, I do not see authors names in the articles I have chosen. The biggest difference between old and current articles are the stories they choose to tell and how the are told. Although, I do think prison escapes would be just as fascinating today as they were when Jack Sheppard was alive, they are less likely.
I think in the old days the fourth estate could perform its duty in check and balances because times were simpler, in the sense that there were separate institutions that were meant to make sure each was functioning as it is supposed to. Today, the power of money has compromised journalism. So, I think old newspapers sticked to the truth more because money and politics were not as meddling as they are now. If a prison break happened today maybe the media wouldn't inform the public because the government would try to suppress that news through lobbying so that its reputation with the public would not be tarnished.
Finding an appropriate article was challenging because of the confusing language. Also, most websites require some form of membership or subscription.
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ReplyDeleteI've chosen
ReplyDeleteWednesday 03 February 1864 , Sheffield Daily Telegraph , South Yorkshire, England
Type: Article Words: 1019 Page: 3 Tags: none
from http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/search/results?basicsearch=george%20victor%20townley&exactsearch=true in that it gives short but detailed story line of what took place and the outcome. This site and possibly 2 others, were chosen because it appears to have a much broader aspect of the case in question. Unfortunately the https://library.citytech.cuny.edu/research/articles/letter/1 site was less than satisfactory in assisting me with what I am seeking.
I can only express my dissatisfaction of how today's method of obtaining information requires monetary need-first two or three are free. To be continued...
Research and Bibliography
ReplyDeleteI have researched two (2) contemporary media accounts that are from different publications and I have read them and they are:-
• Clive, Emsley, Tim Hitchcock and Robert Shoemaker “Old Bailey online –Copyright information and citiation guide”, Old Bailey Proceedings online www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 7.0, 16 2016
• www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/search results/1880-01-01/ 1899-12-31. The other sites did not prove satisfactory.
The two media accounts that I have researched are:
ReplyDelete(1) the british newspaper archive and i found the execution of the mannings.
I had to register and was unable to see the whole article.
(2) http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/mannings.html I found a lot of information and background story to the murder.
The contemporary media accounts I will be using are from www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ and archive.spectator.co.uk/. Both are newspaper articles.
ReplyDelete1. “Final Decision in the Case of George Victor Townley”, Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Wednesday 03 February 1864
2. There was no title, The Spectator- 18 FEBRUARY 1865.
While searching for media/newspaper articles from the 18th century I noticed quite a few similarities and differences compared to 21st century media. The one thing that both have in common is that the newspapers always have the title of the publication. I noticed that media accounts from the 18th century did not have the authors name who wrote the article. Some articles that I could get access to did not have a title, which I found strange. 21st century media accounts always have a title and the authors name because people always want to get acknowledged and get credit for their work. The only challenge I did encounter while searching for past news articles was that most websites were asking for a fee to get access to the articles. Some websites like the ones I choose to use would let you view a page or two for free, but then you would have to pay to view the rest. I understand that these are extremely old articles, but to pay all this money just to view them is asking for too much in my opinion.