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Die Leserschaft des "Stürmer" im Dritten Reich: soziale Zusammensetzung und antisemitische Orientierungen
The readership of the "Stürmer" during the 'Third Reich': social characteristics and anti-Semitic attitudes
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Abstract 'On the basis of a secondary analysis of a nationwide face-to-face survey of the 'Institut für Demoskopie' from 1949 (N=1.915) it is analyzed how many Germans ever read the Nazi-weekly 'Der Stürmer' in times of the Third Reich and what kind of attitudes went along with it. It is shown that a majorit... view more
'On the basis of a secondary analysis of a nationwide face-to-face survey of the 'Institut für Demoskopie' from 1949 (N=1.915) it is analyzed how many Germans ever read the Nazi-weekly 'Der Stürmer' in times of the Third Reich and what kind of attitudes went along with it. It is shown that a majority ever read articles in the paper, often in a notice board erected in public spaces. Men and higher educated had a disproportionate share among the readers; the major reason for it is to be seen in their general use of mass media. Whoever read the 'Stürmer' had a higher chance than others to have anti-Semitic attitudes in times of the survey. Furthermore men more often had anti-Semitic attitudes than females and younger more often than older people. With regard to education the relationship was less clear cut. However, one thing can be taken for granted: whether higher educated people endorse prejudice more often than other educational groupings is not a matter of cognitive competence, but a function of historical circumstances.' (author's abstract)|... view less
Keywords
education; antisemitism; historical analysis; religious affiliation; Nazism; reader (person); man; citizen; mass media; attitude; adolescent; readership research; woman; periodical; age; prejudice; Third Reich
Classification
General History
Method
historical
Document language
German
Publication Year
2008
Page/Pages
p. 214-254
Journal
Historical Social Research, 33 (2008) 4
DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.33.2008.4.214-254
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed