Acta diurna
Under the name Acta diurna (plural of actum diurnum) ( lat. For "current events") of the Roman led consul Gaius Julius Caesar a daily news bulletin one, as if a preform of the newspaper that of v 59th . BC until at least 235 n. Chr. (Probably not always daily) appeared.
The acta reported on the negotiations in the public bodies and were initially purely informational. Later, under Emperor Augustus, they also became a mouthpiece for propaganda . Soft news such as social gossip, sensational events or crime reports were also included.
The daily reports were copied by copying by private entrepreneurs who also added other current information to the official news. These entrepreneurs also took care of the dispatch of the paper to the provinces .
The form of publication is not completely clear. While Kolb notes that there is no evidence for a publication on papyrus and that the texts were written on boards, Wilke assumes that it was publicly displayed notice. The web project Professional Journalism shows a corresponding papyrus.
In the Acta diurna there were already the first photo reports showing imperial acts of war in the manner of depiction on triumphal arches .
literature
- Wilhelm Kubitschek : Acta 5 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 1, Stuttgart 1893, Col. 290-295.
- Jürgen Wilke : Basics of the history of media and communication . 2. through u. supplementary edition. Verlag Böhlau / UTB, Cologne 2008, ISBN 978-3-8252-3166-8 .
- Anne Kolb : Ways of conveying political content in everyday life in Rome. In: Gregor Weber, Martin Zimmermann (eds.): Propaganda - self-portrayal - representation in the Roman Empire of the 1st century. n. Chr. Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 978-3-515-08251-8 , pp. 127-144.
- Acta Diurna . In: Encyclopædia Britannica . 11th edition. tape 1 : A-Androphagi . London 1910, p. 157 (English, full text [ Wikisource ]).
Individual evidence
- ^ Jürgen Wilke: Fundamentals of media and communication history , p. 8 ( books.google.de )
- ^ Anne Kolb: Ways of communicating political content in everyday life in Rome . P. 140 ( books.google.de ), also Acta Diurna . In: Encyclopædia Britannica . 11th edition. tape 1 : A-Androphagi . London 1910, p. 157 (English, full text [ Wikisource ]).
- ↑ Jürgen Wilke: Fundamentals of media and communication history , p. 7.
- ^ Katrina Goldammer: History . In: Prossional Journalism , teamwork09.wordpress.com 2009; Retrieved September 10, 2011
- ↑ acta.jpg on teamwork09.files.wordpress.com; accessed on July 11, 2018.
