It is in the history of the press in Poitiers that the new work of Chauvinese publications is interested in which Alain Houisse (1) reveals over the pages the universe of the Poitiers press from 1773 to 1878.
« In Poitou, the work of Théophraste Renaudot (1586-1653), a native of Loudun, set the first milestone in the history of journalism, explains Max Aubrun, President of Publications. TheGazettespublished in Poitiers over the centuries that followed, whether Poitou posters, Echo of the West, Chime, The Bee of Vienne or The Journal of the West, all have in common although they have different motives to serve a certain freedom, a protean humanism. “
Fourth power, the press spans the centuries. “Let us not forget that it was not until 1878 that the other powers, executive, legislative, judicial, agreed to give him full freedom of expression after a long struggle made up of censorship, seizures and sometimes imprisonment. Today, while we are wondering about the responsibility and ethics of the media, a fifth power, public opinion, shows the limits of the other four. This study provides a better understanding of the beginnings of these changes, ” defends Max Aubrun.
“One hundred years of press history
in Poitiers, newspapers, journalists
and press printers in Poitiers (1773-1878) ”by Alain Houisse. File n ° 21, 2020, 320 pages.
(1) A graduate of the French Press Institute, he published in 2013 a book on “Clément Krebs (1850-1914), de la Manu à l’Hotel de Ville” on the history of the arms factory of Châtellerault.
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