American Journalism History: An Annotated Bibliography (Bibliographies and Indexes in Mass Media and Communications) - Hardcover

Sloan, William D.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0313263507 ISBN 13: 9780313263507

Publisher: Greenwood, 1989

Synopsis

Sloan has undertaken to fill a long-standing gap in the study of journalism history. He has compiled a comprehensive annotated bibliography of works pertaining to United States journalism history from colonial to contemporary times. Some 2,600 separate entries provide information on dissertations, articles, monographs, books and reference materials published between 1810 and 1988. . . . Overall this is a useful, stimulating volume that pulls together a diverse collection of materials. It should enrich the teaching and writing of journalism history. American Journalism

The history of the American news media has been a popular subject with journalists, popular writers, and historians since the early years of the Republic, and it continues to attract widespread interest. Until now, however, no complete bibliography of these historical materials has been available. This comprehensive work provides access to the existing literature on all types of journalism from newspapers to television.

In his introduction, Sloan reviews the different approaches to journalism history that have characterized writing in the field. The bibliography is divided by historical period and general theme into 16 sections. Carefully annotated, it presents concise summaries and bibliographic information for some 2,600 articles, books, research guides, and reference works published between 1810 and 1988. More than 100 journals are included. Cross-referencing and a detailed index will help the reader locate materials on specific topics as well as those with wider application. An invaluable tool for historians and other scholars engaged in research, this book will also serve as a useful reference for courses in mass communications and the history of journalism.

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Book Description

Sloan, editor of the history periodical American Journalism and coauthor with J.D. Startt of Historical Methods in Mass Communication (1989), has produced a thoroughly researched and concisely written annotated bibliography of 2,657 articles, books, and dissertations on the history of journalism in America. The introduction sets the scholarly tone of the book, while discussing briefly the various schools of journalism history. According to Sloan, `the primary purpose of this book is to assist historians in their bibliographical searches.' And it does. . . . This is destined to be a seminal reference source in history, journalism, and mass communications. Choice

About the Author

WM. DAVID SLOAN is Associate Professor of Journalism at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. He is the editor of Pulitzer Prize Editorials: America's Best Editorial Writing, 1917-1979 (1980), The Best of Pulitzer Prize News Writing (1986), and the history journal American Journalism and co-author of Historical Methods in Mass Communication (1989).

Edition details

• Publisher: Greenwood
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0313263507
• ISBN 13: 9780313263507
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 359