The Media in America
Subtitle: a history
By: Wm. David Sloan, James G. Stovall, editors ; James D. Startt, associate editor.
Contributors: Sloan, W. David 1947-; Stovall, James Glen.; Startt, James D., 1932-
Publisher: Publishing Horizons
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Worthington, Ohio
Language: eng
Number of pages: 436
Subjects: Mass media -- United States -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Communication before America; title: The colonial press, 1690-1765; title: The revolutionary press, 1765-1783; title: The party press, 1783-1833; title: Freedom of the press, 1690-1804; title: The penny press, 1833-1861; title: The sectional press and the civil war, 1820-1865; title: The frontier press, 1800-1900; title: The press and industrial America, 1865-1883; title: The age of new journalism, 1883-1900; title: The emergence of modern America, 1900-1945; title: The media and reform, 1900-1917; title: The media and national crises, 1917-1945; title: Broadcasting comes of age, 1900-1945; title: The development of modern advertising, 1900-present; title: The age of mass magazines, 1900-present; title: The television revolution, 1945-present; title: The contemporary press, 1945-present