Irving, Sonja2013-11-072013-11-0720082008Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 47-01, page: 0144.http://hdl.handle.net/10393/27592http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-18784This paper adopts a political and class-based approach to examine three different British newspapers, The Times of London, The Manchester Guardian, and The Daily Herald in terms of their treatment of Austria-Hungary and Serbia in the month prior to the First World War. It questions how a newspaper's particular bias affects the way it discusses a topic, disseminates news, and relates with its audience. It examines the influence a newspaper has on shaping public opinion concerning friendly and enemy nations in the lead up to a war. At the same time this paper also examines how a newspaper's class and political background determines the level of support the paper demonstrates for war or for pacifism.106 p.enHistory, European.Journalism.History, Modern.Thesis