The phenomenon of letters to newspapers developed into a nationwide and pervasive culture of local letters in the mid-1800s Finnish-language press. A characteristic feature of this culture was that the readers’ letters published in the press were written in the names of local communities. Thus, the writer of the letter claimed to represent the entire local community. This interaction between different locations via the press transformed local into societal and societal into local. The culture of local letters had decisive influence on the development of Finnish society, nationalism and civic society in the nineteenth century.

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从本地到跨本地体验

在 1800 年代中期的芬兰语报刊中，给报纸写信的现象发展成为一种全国性的、普遍存在的地方信件文化。这种文化的一个特点是，在报刊上发表的读者来信都是以当地社区的名义写的。因此，这封信的作者声称代表整个当地社区。这种通过媒体在不同地点之间的互动将当地变成了社会，将社会变成了当地。地方文字文化对19世纪芬兰社会、民族主义和公民社会的发展有着决定性的影响。