The world paper famine and the South African press 1938–1955

Hadland, Adrian

The world paper famine and the South African press 1938–1955

Journal Article

2005

Journal Title

South African Journal of Economic History

Link to Journal

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10113430509511178

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Publisher

University of Cape Town

Abstract

From the late 1930s the appearance of most of South Africa's newspapers underwent a dramatic transformation. Where previously the front page of a newspaper was only advertising, now news stories and photographs predominated. The style, design and content of local papers, from headline sizes and article lengths to the frequency of feature articles, comic strips and crossword puzzles, were all to change in the space of a few years. Writing styles became more concise, a greater variety of stories were used while photographs became widespread and of a far superior quality.

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