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Explains how songs were used to disseminate information in a time of low literacy rates, and which skills historians need to use when analysing this unique genre.
This page is a summary of: When the News was Sung, Media History, August 2016, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/13688804.2016.1211930.
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