The Invention of News
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The Invention of News
| Full title | The Invention of News: How the World Came to Know About Itself |
|---|---|
| Author | Andrew Pettegree |
| Published | 2014 |
| Pages | 453 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | How news became a product in the four centuries before newspapers — and how people decided what to believe before there were institutions to vouch for it. |
Where I heard about it
- brian flynn (@Flynnjamm) — on X in March 2026: “Been really enjoying this book lately about the early days of the printing press. Lots of parallels to study with abundant software creation.”
Connections
- Printing Press — the enabling technology.
- Journalism — the institution before it was an institution.
- Republic of Letters
- Language of Discourse — how credibility got assigned when anyone could print.
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.