Journaille

"Journaille" is a German pejorative term used to refer to tabloid journalism and the yellow press. The term is a neologism from the early 20th century, formed from the word journalism and the French loan-word kanaille (canaille), meaning scum, scoundrel or rabble. The term was introduced by the Austrian writer Karl Kraus in an article in his journal Die Fackel in 1902.[1] In a later article in the same journal, Kraus wrote that the original inventor of the term was the Austrian dramaturge Alfred von Berger.[2] The pejorative term was much used by the German Nazi Party in their attacks on the press of the Weimar Republic.[3] Unlike many other terms used by the Nazis, the word journaille is still used in present-day Germany, and has also established itself in the political parlance of the Netherlands.[4]

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Notes

  1. ↑ Karl Kraus: "Die Journaille." Die Fackel 3 (1902), issue 99, pp. 1–9
  2. ↑ Karl Kraus: Der Freiherr. In: Die Fackel 12 (1910), issue 311, pp. 1–13, (online at textlog.de). Reprinted in Literatur und Lüge, Suhrkamp, Frankfurt / M. 1987, pp. 149–160. This etymology is confirmed by Adolf Josef Storfer in "Kanaille.", Wörter und ihre Schicksale. Atlantis, Berlin / Zürich 1935, p. 204 f.
  3. ↑ Cornelia Schmitz-Berning: Journaille. Vokabular des Nationalsozialismus, p. 326 f.
  4. ↑ "Journaille." Allgemeen Nederlands Woordenboek, hrsg. von Carole Tiberus; Marc De Coster: "Het Journaille." Fryske-Akademy.nl

Bibliography

  • Adolf Josef Storfer: "Kanaille." In: Wörter und ihre Schicksale. Atlantis, Berlin / Zürich 1935
  • Cornelia Schmitz-Berning: "Journaille." In: Vokabular des Nationalsozialismus. 2., expanded and updated edition [1998]. De Gruyter, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-11-019549-1


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