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	Podcast:		Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)
	Episode:		Where did modern news culture come from? Think Shakespeare
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		00:54:38
	Publish Date:		2025-05-21 18:10:00
	Description:		It might seem like the vast, turbulent ocean of information we call news has always existed, but that's not the case. Theatrical plays in Elizabethan England set the stage for our modern news culture, argues Stephen Wittek in his post-doctoral work. He says the cross-pollination between theatre and news developed the norms for our contemporary public conversations. *This updated episode of Ideas from the Trenches was originally broadcast in 2014.
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