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Eclipse in the Press.

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dc.contributor.authorSimões, Ana
dc.contributor.authorCarolino, Luís Miguel
dc.contributor.authorGessner, Samuel
dc.contributor.authorSoares, Hugo
dc.contributor.authorLuis, Cristina
dc.contributor.institutionDCSA - Departamento de Ciências Sociais Aplicadas
dc.contributor.institutionCIUHCT - Centro Interuniversitário de História das Ciências e da Tecnologia
dc.contributor.pblTaylor & Francis
dc.date.accessioned2026-09-14T13:50:01Z
dc.date.available2026-09-14T13:50:01Z
dc.date.issued2026
dc.descriptionPublisher Copyright: © 2026 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
dc.description.abstractOn 29 May 1919, one of the most famous total solar eclipses in history provided a crucial test for Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity. During approximately five minutes of totality, British astronomers photographed the star field behind the eclipsed Sun to try to detect the predicted bending of light. Their successful confirmation transformed Einstein into an international icon, and newspapers worldwide reported the results. This article examines how news of the eclipse and the scientific expeditions spread through the global press. Rather than focussing on the later impact of Einstein’s relativity, it examines coverage of the expeditions themselves. Digital newspaper archives from Portugal, Brazil, Great Britain, Germany and the United States of America were surveyed for all eclipse-related news published between 1 January 1919 and 31 December 1920. This analysis provides the first systematic overview of how information about the eclipse and the expeditions circulated internationally, reflecting its transmission across different audiences in Europe and the Americas.en
dc.description.versionpublishersversion
dc.description.versioninpress
dc.format.extent20
dc.format.extent1023169
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/13688804.2026.2684739
dc.identifier.issn1368-8804
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 173097994
dc.identifier.otherPURE UUID: 47208e6a-0242-4a36-850d-283d6654b4cd
dc.identifier.otherScopus: 105042539124
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/206364
dc.identifier.urlhttps://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105042539124
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.relationinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/Concurso de Projetos IC&DT em Todos os Domínios Científicos/PTDC%2FFER-HFC%2F3491%2F2021/PT
dc.subject1919 total solar eclipse
dc.subjectbending of light
dc.subjectcirculation of news
dc.subjectexpeditions
dc.subjectnewspapers
dc.subjectrole of locality
dc.subjectCultural Studies
dc.subjectCommunication
dc.subjectHistory
dc.titleEclipse in the Press.en
dc.title.subtitleThe Circulation of News on the 1919 Total Solar Eclipseen
dc.typejournal article
degois.publication.titleMedia History
dspace.entity.typePublication
rcaap.rightsopenAccess

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