Letters to the Editor: Reporting Disasters and Creating Identity in the Late Nineteenth Century Philippines

A revolution in how news was reported occurred in the Philippines during the late nineteenth century with the publication of daily newspapers, the establishment of a postal system, and the construction of a telegraph network that allowed correspondents in the provinces to give timely accounts of wha...

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Main Author:	Bankoff, Greg
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Published:	Archīum Ateneo 2023
Subjects:	Disasters media national identity Philippines South East Asia History Social and Behavioral Sciences
Online Access:	https://archium.ateneo.edu/history-faculty-pubs/115 https://doi.org/10.1080/0967828X.2023.2266360
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spelling	ph-ateneo-arc.history-faculty-pubs-11142024-03-04T08:49:42Z Letters to the Editor: Reporting Disasters and Creating Identity in the Late Nineteenth Century Philippines Bankoff, Greg A revolution in how news was reported occurred in the Philippines during the late nineteenth century with the publication of daily newspapers, the establishment of a postal system, and the construction of a telegraph network that allowed correspondents in the provinces to give timely accounts of what was happening in country towns and their hinterlands. Many of these reports graphically described the typhoons, floods, fires, tremors and the like that all too frequently afflicted rural communities. These descriptions mainly took the form of letters written to the editors of Manila-based newspapers, such as El Comercio, Diario de Manila and La Oceania Española. Who were these correspondents, where were they, what were their concerns and what did they have to say? Looking in depth at the newspaper accounts of one year, 1881, a singly uneventful year in terms of ‘big news’, this article provides a snapshot into rural life and its vicissitudes towards the end of the Spanish colonial era. It also explores how reporting the news began to build a collective consciousness of the Philippines as a nation. 2023-01-01T08:00:00Z text https://archium.ateneo.edu/history-faculty-pubs/115 https://doi.org/10.1080/0967828X.2023.2266360 History Department Faculty Publications Archīum Ateneo Disasters media national identity Philippines South East Asia History Social and Behavioral Sciences
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topic	Disasters media national identity Philippines South East Asia History Social and Behavioral Sciences
spellingShingle	Disasters media national identity Philippines South East Asia History Social and Behavioral Sciences Bankoff, Greg Letters to the Editor: Reporting Disasters and Creating Identity in the Late Nineteenth Century Philippines
description	A revolution in how news was reported occurred in the Philippines during the late nineteenth century with the publication of daily newspapers, the establishment of a postal system, and the construction of a telegraph network that allowed correspondents in the provinces to give timely accounts of what was happening in country towns and their hinterlands. Many of these reports graphically described the typhoons, floods, fires, tremors and the like that all too frequently afflicted rural communities. These descriptions mainly took the form of letters written to the editors of Manila-based newspapers, such as El Comercio, Diario de Manila and La Oceania Española. Who were these correspondents, where were they, what were their concerns and what did they have to say? Looking in depth at the newspaper accounts of one year, 1881, a singly uneventful year in terms of ‘big news’, this article provides a snapshot into rural life and its vicissitudes towards the end of the Spanish colonial era. It also explores how reporting the news began to build a collective consciousness of the Philippines as a nation.
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Letters to the Editor: Reporting Disasters and Creating Identity in the Late Nineteenth Century Philippines

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