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Journalism of Early Modern Europe

I've listed this article for peer review because I plan on getting it to GA at some point and as it was last rated as C want some clarification on what could be improved to get it there. I contacted an expert in the area via email to get some feedback but am still waiting on a response.

Thanks, A. C. Santacruz ⁂ Talk 11:25, 20 October 2021 (UTC)

JBchrch

Placeholder. Will take a look this week. JBchrch talk 15:03, 1 January 2022 (UTC)

• It seems like the coverage is unduly biased in favor of Italy. If I take a look at Hamish, Scott, ed. (2015). The Oxford Handbook of Early Modern European History, 1350-1750: Volume I: Peoples and Place. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199597253., and specifically its chapters on "Printing and Printedness" by James Raven, "A Revolution in Information?" by Ann Blair and Devin Fitzgerald and "Travel and Communications" by Hamish Scott, I see a lot of crucial material concerning other countries that is not covered. It also seems like some essential information is missing such as the fact that "Europe’s first weekly newspaper began publication in 1605 in Strassburg" (Scott) or the history of La Gazette. And that is just from a very very cursory reading of this one book.
• I think the problem is the sourcing, which relies almost exclusively on scholarly articles focusing on Italy. I think you need to find more sources with a broader focus, and preferably WP:TERTIARY ones, such as the Oxford handbook mentioned above (and its sources). JBchrch talk 15:49, 1 January 2022 (UTC)