إسهام الصحافة في كتابة تاريخ الجزائر المعاصر

Abstract EN

The emergence of the press was linked to the invention of printing press.

it has evolved in means, content and roles.

and moved from the basic roles to shaping public opinion and writing history of peoples over successive periods, which made it a historical, intellectual, political and social blog, transmitted between generations, which the contemporary history of Algeria constitutes a model.

writing objective history requires a comparison, research, and verification of the facts, studying the subject in its various aspects in Spatio-temporal contexts.

it relies on books, testimonies, and historical documents, official and administrative reports, also on newspapers.

considering the press as a source of history has been a contentious disagreement among historians and academics.

accordingly: is the press considered a source of Algeria's contemporary history? the study adopted the historical and analytical approaches about the extent of contribution of the press to writing the contemporary history of Algeria.