A Selected Bibliography from Foreign Journals: December 1951, January and February 1952

In: Journalism quarterly, Band 29, Heft 2, S. 245-252

Abstract

During the period of these notes, British newspapers raised their prices again and the upward trend in circulation figures ended abruptly. Fear of retrenchment haunted Fleet Street and nervousness cropped out in a spontaneous strike in the office of one of the national dailies. Similar uneasiness was reported in Norway and, in France, the plight of the intellectual became worse in a period of rising prices and low wages. French journalists continued restive not only because of the economic situation but because of the uncertainties in governments role. The anti-collaborationist laws which clouded the title to some newspaper properties, and even impaired freedom of press itself, have not been clarified to the satisfaction of journalists. Censorship was reported in Pakistan and Egypt. In Bermuda a newspaper felt the lash of unfriendly government. The Times of London was indicted on charges resulting from publishing an election advertisement. British newspapers have long complained that government newsprint rules favor magazines and The Times took advantage of the rules to establish a weekly newsmagazine. In Paris, études de Presse, scholarly quarterly of the French Press Institute which had been suspended in 1947, was revived under direction of Georges Bourgin. The first three issues presented research material of uniformly good quality.