Die Pressefreiheit als treibende Kraft für die Verwandlung Deutschlands im 19. Jahrhundert

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2010 im Fachbereich Medien / Kommunikation - Printmedien, Presse, Note: 2,0, Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) (Kulturwissenschaften), Veranstaltung: Einführung in die Kulturgeschichte, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: The paper "The freedom of press as a driving power for the transformation of Germany inthe 19th century" gives an overview of the development of the history of press in Germanyin the 19th century. A central reference for the description and explanation of the history ofpress are the three potencies: culture, state and religion, which were founded by theuniversal-historian Jacob Burckhardt. The relation of these potencies to each other arealways essential for describing, explaining or even understand history. The topic freedomof press is important until today, because press is an endangered property even in thepresence. So there is also given a short insight into the development of the freedom ofpress in the beginning of the 20th century and the present situation of press in Germanytoday.