Voices of a Nation: A History of Mass Media in the United States - Softcover

Folkerts, Jean; Teeter Jr., Dwight L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0023386517 ISBN 13: 9780023386510

Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, 1994

Synopsis

This text presents a cultural interpretation of the history of both traditional and nontraditional media, emphasizing that minority as well as mainstream media have impacted American history.

Voices of a Nation sets media history in the context of overall historical events and themes and tries to understand the role of media in a democratic society at varied historical points. Organized chronologically, the text recognizes the significant “voices” of such non-traditional media as suffrage newspapers, ethnic newspapers, and cultural movement papers and magazines.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Voices of a Nation: A History of Mass Media in the

United States,Fifth Edition

Jean Folkerts, Universityof North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Dwight L. Teeter, Jr., The University of Tennessee

Edward Caudill, The University of Tennessee

 

Voices of a Nation presents a cultural interpretation of the history of both traditional and nontraditional media, emphasizing how minority and mainstream media together have affected U.S. history. By linking media history to a broader understanding of U.S. history, this text helps you understand media’s role in a democratic society.

 

Features of the New Edition

• Presents the media within a social, political, and economic framework to help you perceive media from a cultural context
• Examines the cultural aspects of technological innovation and use, encouraging you to view technology from a broader perspective
• Encourages you to think analytically about the early views of First Amendment freedom and modern-day challenges to freedom of expression
• Brings you up to speed on where the World Wide Web came from and where it is going with an updated section on the history of the Internet
• Provides a comprehensive historical picture of the nineteenth century with a new section on the often neglected “Gilded Age”
• Includes more depth and detail about the War of 1812 and the Civil War to help you gain a fuller understanding of the importance of newspapers during these periods

About this edition

• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0023386517
• ISBN 13: 9780023386510
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 570