Printed Weapons: An analysis of British, Dutch, and American news media during the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902)

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Geschiedenis (BA)

Visser, R.M. (2015)

Printed Weapons: An analysis of British, Dutch, and American news media during the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902)

Bachelor thesis | Geschiedenis (BA)

How did British, Dutch, and American news media report during the Second Anglo-Boer War? Focussing on two much debated topics, the use of forbidden expansive bullets and the Boer concentration camps, the author makes an analysis based on more than a hundred articles of how British, Dutch, and American journalists reported about these topics. This brings to light significant differences between newspapers of all the three countries in selecting information, attitude towards sources, and phrasing. The goal of this thesis is to underline the importance of objectivity in journalism, media ownership, and the role of the public in wartime journalism.

Second Anglo-Boer War

Newspaper analysis

Emily Hobhouse

Boer concentration camps

Dum-dum bullets

South-African history