Newspapers have played a fundamental role in societies during times of war. They relay the experience of war, provide a means for the state to communicate to the population directly, and serve to entertain readers. This selection of articles addresses these issues through a series of papers addressing aspects of the newspaper and war as they relate to the history of wars in the twentieth century.
The articles in this special issue stem from the ‘Newspapers, War and Society’ Conference held in 2014. The conference was jointly organised by the Centre for Media History, Aberystwyth University, and this journal Media History, with the financial support of the Leverhulme Trust through the Aberystwyth University based Leverhulme Trust funded A Social and Cultural History of the British Press in the Second World War Project (2011–2014).
We would like to thank all those who participated in the conference and the Leverhulme Trust for their support. The organisers, Caroline Dale, Kris Lovell, Siân Nicholas, Tom O’Malley, and Marc Wiggam would like to give special thanks to the conference administrator, Dr Rebecca Edwards, for her work in making the conference such a success.
Aberystwyth, August 2017.
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Siân Nicholas
Siân Nicholas, Department of History and Welsh History, Aberystwyth University, Wales, UK. E-mail: [email protected]
Tom O’Malley
Tom O’Malley, Emeritus Professor Media, Department of Theatre Film and Television Studies, Aberystwyth University, Wales, UK.