The form of news : a history / created by Kevin G. Barnhurst and John Nerone

By:

Barnhurst Kevin G, 1951- [author]

Contributor(s):

Nerone John C [author]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: The Guilford communication seriesPublication details: New York : Guilford Press, 2001.Description: x, 326 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:

9781572307919

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LOC classification:

PN4749 BAR

Contents:

Chapter 1. The Form of News: Style, Production, and Social Meaning, 1750-2000Part I. Before Modernism Chapter 2. The Founding Forms: Politics and the Work of Newspapers, 1750-1850Chapter 3. Commercialization: The Newspaper and the Market Revolution, 1780s-1880sPart II. The Role of Pictures Chapter 4. Civic Picturing: The Regime of Illustrated News, 1856-1901Chapter 5. The President Is Dead: Pictures and Journalistic Values, 1881-1963Part III. The Rise of Modernism Chapter 6. The Front Page: Measuring Modernism and Its Phases, 1885-1985Chapter 7. Visual Mapping: Modern Design and Cultural Authority, 1920-1940Part IV. After Modernism Chapter 8. Beyond Modernism: Americanization and Its Consequences, 1910-2000Chapter 9. Spectators and Their Spectacles: Forms of Knowledge, Forms of Power References Index

Summary: This book offers a fresh perspective on the history of newspapers in the United States, exploring both how we see newspapers and how newspapers imagine us.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

This book offers a fresh perspective on the history of newspapers in the United States, exploring both how we see newspapers and how newspapers imagine us.

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