The press and America : an interpretive history of the mass media / Michael Emery, Edwin Emery, Nancy L. Roberts
Imprint
Boston : Allyn and Bacon, c2000
Edition
9th ed
Descript
xxi, 698 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
CONTENT
Heritage of the American press -- Colonial years -- Press and the revolution -- Founding the new nation -- Westward expansion -- Press for the masses -- Irrepressible conflict Revolution in national life -- New journalism -- People's champions -- Bastions of news enterprise -- War comes to the United States -- Twenties: radio, movies, and jazz journalism -- Depression and reform -- World at war -- Television takes center stage -- Challenges and dissent -- Crisis of credibility -- Efforts to improve the media -- Media technology: the challenge of the twenty-first century