Output details
30 - History
University of Cambridge
Chapter title
Adolf Hitler als Medienphänomen
Type
C - Chapter in book
DOI
-
Publisher of book
Leipziger Universitätsverlag
Book title
Von der Politisierung der Medien zur Medialisierung des Politischen?
ISBN of book
9783865834973
Year of publication
2010
URL
-
Number of additional authors
0
Additional information
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Interdisciplinary
-
Cross-referral requested
-
Research group
None
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
-
Reserve for a double-weighted output
Yes
Non-English
Yes
English abstract
This chapter explores the dynamics of political communications by looking at Hitler's career in the 1920s. Applying the theoretical concept of the medialization of politics, it highlights the extent to which Hitler's early years in politics were characterized by his consumption of and reaction to media coverage; and it emphasizes how he benefited from specific media dynamics, as illustrated by the change in coverage following Mussolini's coup in Italy. It argues that it was the media obsession with the Hitler trial in 1924 that turned him into a national 'brand' and that transformed his sense of self-importance.
