The Significance of the media in American history /

The Significance of the media in American history / [print] James D. Startt and Wm. David Sloan, editors. - Northport, Alabama : Vision Press, (c)1994. - xi, 382 pages ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographies and index.

The historical search for significance -- The media and popular sovereignty: freedom of the press and self-government -- The media and the personification of society: the Gazette of Colonial South-Carolina -- The media and wartime morale: the press and the American Revolution -- The media and public opinion: the press and party politics, 1789-1816 -- The media and the depiction of women: the role of women in the new republic -- The media and political values: image-building in the 1840 log cabin campaign -- The media and community cohesiveness: the Black press and the colonization issue -- The media and the national economy: economic growth, 1880-1900 -- The media and political culture: the media and World War I -- The media and ideas: the debate over Darwinism -- The media and diffusion of innovation: the phonograph and radio broadcasting -- The media and racial equality: Charlotta Bass and the California Eagle Streitmatter -- The media and the American character: sports journalism in the jazz age. (cont) The media and foreign policy: Henry Luce and American- Chinese relations -- The media and the idea of progress: magazine publishing and popular science -- The media and community development: Martin Andersen and the Orlando Sentinel.



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Mass media--History.--United States

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