During the period between the outbreak of war in August 1914, and the first major engagement for Australian troops in April 1915 on Gallipoli, the Queensland press in Australia articulated a vision of the conflict framed by binary opposites. The most pervasive of these was the positioning of German militarism and lust for conquest as the antithesis of the civilized values embodied in Pax Britannica. The approach of the newspapers over the course of these nine months can be divided neatly into two distinct though overlapping themes—why the Germans fought and how they fought. In its exploration of these issues, the Queensland press demonized the Germans for their perceived barbarism and disregard for civilized norms. In contrast, the perceived righteousness of the British cause facilitated a celebration of Australian nationalism and imperial loyalty as complementary imperatives.

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“世界霸凌者”

从 1914 年 8 月战争爆发到 1915 年 4 月澳大利亚军队在加里波利的第一次重大交战期间，澳大利亚的昆士兰媒体阐述了由二元对立构成的冲突愿景。其中最普遍的是将德国军国主义和征服欲望定位为大不列颠和平所体现的文明价值观的对立面。在这九个月的过程中，报纸的方法可以清晰地分为两个不同但重叠的主题——德国人为何而战以及他们如何战斗。在探索这些问题时，昆士兰媒体妖魔化了德国人，因为他们认为德国人野蛮，无视文明规范。相比之下，