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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: The Guilford communication seriesPublication details: New York : Guilford Press, 2001.Description: x, 326 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781572307919
Subject(s): 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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Book Book Zvishavane Library Open Shelf PN4749 BAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 154739 Available BK142537

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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

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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