‘Not just gaps’: The press as a source in studies of the history of censorship. The case of Cracow press in 1918–1939

Authors

  • Grażyna Wrona Uniwersytet Pedagogiczny im. Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie

Keywords:

History of Polish press in the 20th century (the interwar period), censorship, gagging and confiscation orders, press research methodology, the press in Cracow (1918–1939)

Abstract

The ‘incriminated (suppressed) text’ and its removal remains the key object on the conceptual map of censorship studies. In this approach to censor ship the analysis focuses on demonstrable facts of official intervention in the media, the documentation of the process as well as the reconstruction of the effects of individual gagging orders for the author, the publisher and the editor in charge. An alternative, historical approach to censorship takes a much broader view of the subject. It looks at the institutions involved, their competences, procedures and aims (ranging from prevention to repression) as well as the tools at their disposal. The latter approach, systemic and comparative in scope, requires ‘digging up’ considerably more information than establishing the fact of a censor’s intervention

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Published

2019-12-29

How to Cite

Wrona, G. (2019). ‘Not just gaps’: The press as a source in studies of the history of censorship. The case of Cracow press in 1918–1939. Yearbook of the History of Polish Press, 22(4), 79–90. Retrieved from https://rhpp.uken.krakow.pl/article/view/9919

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Articles & Papers