American Media History
ISBN: 9780495567752 | 0495567752
Edition: 2ndFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
Pub. Date: 1/8/2009
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AMERICAN MEDIA HISTORY is a lively, engaging text that focuses on the development of the American media and its and impact on society. Each chapter centers on the development of a particular medium. The narrative incorporates brief biographies of important media figures and primary source materials to keep students engrossed in the content.
| Preface | |
| Introduction Before the American Experience | |
| 1690+1833 The Press in Early America | |
| The Colonial Years | |
| The Press and the Revolution | |
| The Press and the Founding of a Nation | |
| 1833+1860 A New Politics, a New Press | |
| A Press for the Massess | |
| 1860+1900 THE AGE OF NEW JOURNALISM | |
| A Divided Nation, A Divided... MORE | |
| The Yellow Press and the Times | |
| Magazines, Muckraking, and Public Relations | |
| 1900+1950 Media Promises in a Technological Society | |
| American Film | |
| Radio and its Promises | |
| Television: Progress and Problems | |
| 1950+Present Media Challenges in a Changing World | |
| Advertising as a Social, Economic and Political Force | |
| The Media and National Crises | |
| The Internet Revolution and the Information Explosion | |
| Endnotes | |
| Annotated Bibliography | |
| Index | |
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