Why did Gutenberg’s press transform journalism and how is it similar to recent technological transformations? Why was a stamp duty imposed upon newspapers in the 19th century? In what ways is Julian...

Why did Gutenberg’s press transform journalism and how is it similar to recent technological transformations? Why was a stamp duty imposed upon newspapers in the 19th century? In what ways is Julian Assange like John Wilkes? Map the ways news has been a commodity in previous centuries. What does this mean for notions of a free press and the Fourth Estate? Is the ‘golden Age’ of Australian journalism a nostalgic interpretation of history by old journalists, or was something special happening in journalism at this time?