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

Folkerts, Jean; Teeter, Dwight L., Jr.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0205277896 ISBN 13: 9780205277896

Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, 1997

Synopsis

A text for undergraduates in mass media and journalism, incorporating the voices of African Americans, women, immigrants, and others striving for political power and social equality, as well as voices of media corporations. Chronological sections explore areas including communication issues in the antislavery movement, mass markets and mass culture, and media, government, and politics. This edition retains the organization of the last edition, with increased focus on new technology, the colonial and early national book industry, the black press, and WWI correspondents. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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From the Back Cover:

Recognizing the significant "voices" of such non-traditional media as suffrage newspapers, ethnic newspapers, and cultural movement papers and magazines, this book emphasizes that mainstream newspapers and broadcast outlets are not the only types of media that have impacted American history. The third edition of this book continues to view media within a social, political, and economic framework and considers the impact of owners, audiences, journalists, technology and government. It also increases its material on relationships between the US and England and the emphasis on the triumph of large-circulation magazines. New material on converging communication media in relation to the Internet and Interactive computing is also included. Media historians.

About this edition

• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0205277896
• ISBN 13: 9780205277896
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 578