Reflections of Revolution: Le Figaro, Le Monde, and Public Opinion in France during the Algerian Conflict (1954-1962)

This thesis is an examination of the printed media in France (1955-1963), as represented by two mainstream newspapers: Le Monde (left-centrist) and Le Figaro (right-centrist). Using these newspapers, as well as Gallup polls recorded at the time, this study explores correlations of what was reported in newspapers and how French public opinion evolved during the course of the war. These two major sources of information are shown to have given contradictory information, thus accounting for some of the paradoxes found in public opinion polls. Specifically, the paradoxes analyzed in the study concern the Front de Libération Nationale (FLN) and the Pieds-Noirs (the European population of North Africa).

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

2002

Author dc:creator

• Atkins, Michael

Contributors dc:contributor

• Koop, Marie-Christine W.
• VonDoepp, Peter
• Moses, John

• Mass media and public opinion -- France.
• Algeria -- History -- Revolution, 1954-1962 -- Public opinion.
• Public opinion -- France.
• Jabhat al-Taḥrīr al-Qawmī.
• France
• Algeria
• revolution
• press coverage
• FLN
• pied-noir

Statement dc:rights

• Public
• Copyright
• Atkins, Michael
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English, French

Identifier

oclc: 52122045
https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3360/
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