THE JOURNALISM

In the 17th century, there was an increase in the publication of magazines and pamphlets, which is
why journalism took on its specific characteristics.
England was the first country in which journalism developed as a liberal profession.
The first English periodical was published in London in 1622 by the printers Archer and Bourne.
The first to spread journalism was Daniel Defoe with his periodical The Review. It was the main
government body because its policy respected that of the Whigs. It also dealt with religion,
customs and commerce.
The spread of journalism worried politicians because they feared that the masses would have
access to power.
By 1722 newspapers were allowed to send their journalists to parliamentary sessions and write
about them.
Coffee houses were places where men discuss ideas and exclusively attended by men but women
were slowly showing signs of emancipation.
They were associated with news and gossip and also provided entertainment, so their function was
very similar to that of the theatre in the Elizabethan age.
In the Augusta age, fashionable and artistic people began to frequent the house.