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From the files of newspapers active during the Civil War period comes the story of Lincoln and the press. Freedom of the press, guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States, was established as one of the blessings of democracy. But the molders of the Constitution made no provision for handling a sectional and intensely partisan press in a period of civil strife. The struggle between the opposition press and the Federal government--long since...
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Read All About It! is a searing indictment of how the corporate owners of American newspapers have sacrificed the ideals of the free press at the altar of profit and how democracy has suffered as a result. Jim Squires comes to this subject with unimpeachable credentials: from 1981 to 1989 he was the editor of the Chicago Tribune, where he saw firsthand how the shortsightedness of corporate managers can divert a newspaper's journalistic mission and...
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Journalists may have been considered heroes in the days of Watergate, bringing down a president and upholding our country's ideals of truth and justice, but today reporters are seen as a petulant, sleazy, and haughty bunch. Politicians of all stripes routinely bash the media, and the public has endorsed limits on the press that would have been unthinkable a generation ago. One of the handful of reporters who gets any respect these days is Howard Kurtz...
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Newspapers have been a central force in American mass media, and the 20th century witnessed newspapers take on an enormous importance in the dissemination of information and opinions throughout society. From the original small-town newspapers and daily tabloids to the growth of "national" newspapers and the alternative press, the nation's newspapers have been reflected and shaped changes in American society. Aurora Wallace examines the significant...
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As a counterpart to research on the 1930s that has focused on liberal and radical writers calling for social revolution, Welky offers this study of how mainstream culture shaped and disseminated a message affirming conservative middle-class values and assuring its readers that holding to these values would get them through hard times. Through analysis of the era's most popular newspaper stories, magazines, and books, Welky examines how voices both...
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"This book offers a fresh perspective on the history of newspapers in the United States. Although most scholars think the newspaper works through its content, this history looks deeper into form: ways of writing; systems of organization; and genres of presentation, including typography, space, and pictures. It explores both how we see newspapers and how newspapers imagine us - as citizens, voters, consumers, and spectators."--Jacket
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This work brings together the essential writings that every student of journalism should know. It presents 40 of the most important works about journalism arranged thematically to enable students to think deeply and broadly about journalism - its social impact, its history, key individuals and institutions, its practice and its future.
20) The press
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A history of American media publishing since the 1960s focusing on the New York Times, Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times.
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