Mightier Than the Sword : How the News Media Have Shaped American History
ISBN: 9780813346304 | 0813346304
Edition: 3rdFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Perseus Books
Pub. Date: 12/27/2011
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Clearly presented case studies of landmark events in US history, from the American Revolution to Watergate to 9/11 and the Obama election, demonstrate the enduring power of the news media in shaping American history.
In this path-breaking book, Rodger Streitmatter takes readers on a sightseeing tour of American history as influenced by the public press, visiting sixteen landmark events in US history, from the American Revolution and the civil rights movement to Watergate and 9/11. These are events that stir the pol... MORE
In this path-breaking book, Rodger Streitmatter takes readers on a sightseeing tour of American history as influenced by the public press, visiting sixteen landmark events in US history, from the American Revolution and the civil rights movement to Watergate and 9/11. These are events that stir the pol... MORE
| List of Illustrations | p. vii |
| Preface | p. ix |
| Acknowledgments | p. xi |
| Introduction | p. xiii |
| Sowing the Seeds of Revolution | p. 1 |
| Abolition Turning Americas Conscience Against the Sins of Slavery | p. 17 |
| Slowing the Momentum for Women's Rights | p. 32 |
| Attacking Municipal Corruption The Tweed Ring | p. 47 |
| Journalism as Warmonger The Spanish-America... MORE | p. 63 |
| Muckraking The Golden Age of Reform Journalism | p. 80 |
| Defying the Ku Klux Klan | p. 94 |
| Father Coughlin Fomenting Anti-Semitism via the Radio | p. 110 |
| Creating "Rosie the Riveter" Propelling the American Woman into the Workforce | p. 124 |
| Exposing Joe McCarthy Television's Finest Hour | p. 139 |
| Pushing the Civil Rights Movement onto the National Agenda | p. 155 |
| Vietnam War Bringing the Battlefield into the American Living Room | p. 171 |
| Watergate Forces the President to His Knees | p. 188 |
| Rush Limbaugh Leading the Republican Revolution | p. 202 |
| 9/11 Failing the American Public | p. 216 |
| Electing an African-American President A Case Study in News Media Bias | p. 232 |
| How the News Media Have Shaped American History Focusing on the How | p. 246 |
| Notes | p. 257 |
| Bibliography | p. 291 |
| About the Book and Author | p. 297 |
| Index | p. 299 |
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Rodger Streitmatter is professor of journalism at American University. A journalist and historian, he is the author of several books and has contributed to numerous popular and scholarly periodicals.
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