The press and America : an interpretive history of the mass media /
Emery, Michael, Edwin Emery.
- 7th ed.
- Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey : Prentice Hall, 1992
- xiv, 715 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Table of Contents
The heritage of the American press The colonial years The press and the revolution Founding the new nation Westward expansion A press for the masses The irrepressible conflict A revolution in national life The new journalism The people's champions Bastions of news enterprise War comes to America The twenties: radio, movies, jazz journalism Depression and reform A world at war Tellevision takes center stage Challenge and dissent A crisis of credibility Efforts to improve the media The surving newspaper press Media technology: the challenge of the 1980s
Includes index
013739277X 9780137392773
Press --History.--United States Mass media--History--United States Journalism--History. --United States