ローカル新聞と日露戦争 : 豊橋『新朝報』における読者参加を例に

抄録

During the Russo-Japan War, newspaper companies located in the urban areas such as Osaka and Tokyo tried to broaden their distribution by investing large capital to install telecommunication facilities and visual technologies. Taking advantage of these new technologies, large newspaper attempted to attract people's attention by distributing the news promptly. This article examines how the local newspaper competed with these newspapers during the war. It shed light on "Shinchoho," a small local newspaper, in Toyohashi at that time. Investigating the strategies by the paper to survive, this paper discusses how the local newspaper interacted with the local readers.