How America Gets the News
A History of U.S. Journalism
Seiten
2024
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-4422-3526-7 (ISBN)
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-4422-3526-7 (ISBN)
This book traces the history of American journalism, from the first Colonial newspapers to today's news conglomerates. It is a narrative and analytical survey that draws on many standard works, including the author's own research. It explores all forms of the news media: newspapers, magazines, radio, television, and digital.
American Journalism: A History traces the distinct history of American journalism, from the first Colonial newspapers to today's news conglomerates. It is a narrative and analytical survey that draws on many standard works, including my own research. It explores all forms of the news media: newspapers, magazines, radio, television, and digital. The book examines historical trends, including advocacy journalism, yellow journalism, investigative journalism, tabloid journalism, and multiplatform journalism. It discusses significant individuals, from Benjamin Franklin and Horace Greeley to Ida Tarbell and Oprah Winfrey. It examines noteworthy news organizations, from the New York Times and Life to CBS Radio and CNN. It also discusses the role of new technologies, developing professional standards, and the impact of corporate business practices.
American Journalism: A History traces the distinct history of American journalism, from the first Colonial newspapers to today's news conglomerates. It is a narrative and analytical survey that draws on many standard works, including my own research. It explores all forms of the news media: newspapers, magazines, radio, television, and digital. The book examines historical trends, including advocacy journalism, yellow journalism, investigative journalism, tabloid journalism, and multiplatform journalism. It discusses significant individuals, from Benjamin Franklin and Horace Greeley to Ida Tarbell and Oprah Winfrey. It examines noteworthy news organizations, from the New York Times and Life to CBS Radio and CNN. It also discusses the role of new technologies, developing professional standards, and the impact of corporate business practices.
Ford Risley is professor of communications and head of the Department of Journalism at Penn State University. He is the author of Civil War Journalism (Praeger, 2012), Abolition and the Press: The Moral Struggle Against Slavery (Northwestern University Press, 2008) and several scholarly articles on the Civil War press. He has taught the undergraduate mass media history course at Penn State regularly since 1995.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.3.2025 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Lanham, MD |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 157 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 454 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Buchhandel / Bibliothekswesen | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Journalistik | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4422-3526-8 / 1442235268 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4422-3526-7 / 9781442235267 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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