Academic Journal
Local Newspapers and a Regional Setting in New South Wales: Parochialism, mythmaking and identity.
| Taitara: | Local Newspapers and a Regional Setting in New South Wales: Parochialism, mythmaking and identity. |
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| Ngā kaituhi: | Willis, Ian (AUTHOR) willis02@bigpond.com |
| Puna: | Media History. May2021, Vol. 27 Issue 2, p197-209. 13p. |
| Whakarāpopotonga: | The three New South Wales market towns of Campbelltown, Camden and Picton made up the Macarthur region where several local town-based newspapers emerged in the 1880s. Local newspapers used local history to enable their readers to reflect on their past by storytelling and creating an understanding of their cultural heritage. The local press lionised the historical legacy of John Macarthur and contributed to the construction of a regional identity bearing his name through the creation of regional newspaper mastheads. The key actors in this narrative were newspaper owner-editors, their mastheads and the historical figure of Macarthur. This article uses a qualitative approach to chart the growth and changes of newspaper mastheads, their owner-editors and Macarthur mythmaking and regionalism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Ngā kupu marau: | *Newspapers, Local history, Cultural property, Identity (Psychology), Regionalism |
| Ngā kupu matawhenua: | New South Wales |
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| ISSN: | 13688804 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/13688804.2020.1833710 |
| Pātengi raraunga: | Communication & Mass Media Complete |