DOIAbstract
This article investigates the interaction between society, government and newsmedia during the 1730s shipworm disaster in the Netherlands. It focuses on thequality of the information news media provided and the effects the governmentaluse of news media while addressing the population had in activating them tofight against the shipworm. The article demonstrates that newspapers did notneglect the topic for at least two years following the discovery of the shipworm,nor did they include much information about governmental policies againstthe disaster. However, more news circulated in pamphlets and news digests,many of which were advertised in the newspapers. The article concludes thatthe news media reacted soberly to the shipworm disaster
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