The Americanization of the British press, 1830s-1914
Subtitle: speed in the age of transatlantic journalism
By: Joel H. Wiener
Series: Palgrave studies in the history of the media; Palgrave studies in the history of the media
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 253
ISBN-13: 9780230581869
Subjects: Press; Journalism; Influence; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The fear of Americanization; title: The beginnings of sensationalism; title: The democratization of news; title: The stimulus of war; title: Expansion of the press; title: Gossip and other matters; title: The new journalism: Pulitzer and Stead; title: A mass press: Hearst and Harmsworth; title: The modernization of journalism.