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- Ellefson, Merja
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Remapping Journalism History:Development of the Press in the Swedish Empire and Its Former Colonies Finland, Estonia and Livonia until the Early 20th Century
- 2011
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Ingår i: Medien & Zeit. - Wien : Arbeitskreis für Historische Kommunikationsforschung (AHK). - 0259-7446. ; 26:4, s. 25-35
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- With history writing in general, press history is often linked to the framework of the nationstate. Such nationalist approaches may, however, lead to a fragmented view of history. We should remember that many current European nation states have fairly short histories, and, even old kingdoms, such as Sweden, have changed shape several times. During the 17th and 18th century, the Swedish Empire included Finland, Estonia, Livonia, Ingria, Pomerania, Wismar and Bremen/Verden, and the previously Danish areas in the south and northwest. Later, Sweden even had small colonies in Africa and the Caribbean. The empire, however, began to disintegrate during the Great Nordic War. During the 18th century Finland, Estonia and Livonia belonged to the Russian Empire. My purpose is to provide an overview of the development of the press in the Swedish Empire and the 19th century Finland, Estonia and Livonia, and discuss limitations of national perspectives.
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- Ellefson, Merja, 1963-
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Whose Nation? Memories of the 1918 Finnish Civil War in Military Magazines
- 2021
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Ingår i: medien & zeit: Kommunikation in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart. - : Arbeitskreis für historische Kommunikationsforschung (AHK). - 0259-7446. ; 36:1
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article explores the ways military magazines remembered and made sense of the Finnish civil war both directly after the 1918-1919 war and during the centennial anniversaries of the declaration of independence and the war in 2017-2018. Military organizations and their magazines were journalistic and organizational memory-makers. Due to their size and popularity among the winning side, they shaped public opinion and perceptions of the war. The winners’ perspective was disseminated through organizational activities, commemorative rituals, and ideological upbringing. Magazines were an important tool in strengthening the feeling of togetherness and common destiny. Although the military interest groups no longer have the same societal impact, it is interesting to see the changes that occur as the winners tell the tale a hundred years apart. In brief, the aim is to examine which issues are highlighted or suppressed, and on which grounds people are seen as friends or foes, i.e., whose Finland appears on the pages of the magazines a hundred years later.
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