A Narrative History of the American Press

1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-138-99846-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 290 Seiten, Format (B × H): 227 mm x 153 mm, Gewicht: 480 g

Beginning with the American Revolution and spanning over two hundred years of American journalism, A Narrative History of the American Press provides an overview of the events, institutions, and people who have shaped the press, from the creation of the First Amendment to today. Gregory A. Borchard’s introductory text helps readers develop an understanding of the role of the press in both the U.S. and world history, and how American culture has shaped—and been shaped by—the role of journalism in everyday life. The text, along with a rich array of supplemental materials available online, provides students with the tools used by both reporters and historians to understand the present through the past, allowing readers to use the history of journalism as a lens for implementing their own storytelling, reporting, and critical analysis skills.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Borchard, Gregory

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Journalismus & Presse
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

Ch. 1, Pre-Revolution Print: The Colonial Origins of the American Press

Ch. 2, Thomas Paine, the Partisan Press, and "The Dark Ages of American Journalism"

Ch. 3, The Penny Press: Sensationalism, Populism, and Progress

Ch. 4, Nineteenth-Century Publishing Innovations in Content and Technology

Ch. 5, The Press in the Civil War Era: Pioneers in Print and Photography

Ch. 6, The Press in Transition: From Reconstruction to the Gilded Age

Ch. 7, Muckraking: Reporters and Reform

Ch. 8, Yellow Journalism: Pulitzer and Hearst Battle for Readers

Ch. 9, Public Relations: How the Press Launched an Agency of Its Own

Ch. 10, Early Infotainment in Broadcast and Film

Ch. 11, The Press at War: Propaganda in Print and Film

Ch. 12, The Press in the Cold War: Murrow, McCarthy, and Shakespeare

Ch. 13, New Journalism and the Counterculture: Watchdogs and Watergate

Ch. 14, The Press and the Making of Modern Media

Conclusion

Afterword

Über Autor(innen)

Gregory A. Borchard, a Professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), USA, teaches courses for the Hank Greenspun School of Journalism and Media Studies in journalism history, reporting, and research methods. Borchard's previous books include Lincoln Mediated: The President and the Press through Nineteenth-Century Media (Routledge, 2015), Abraham Lincoln and Horace Greeley (2011), and Journalism in the Civil War Era (2010).