History of the mass media in the United States
Subtitle: an encyclopedia
By: edited by Margaret A. Blanchard ; commissioning editor Carol J. Burwash.
Contributors: Blanchard, Margaret A.
Publisher: Fitzroy Dearborn
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 752
Subjects: Mass media -- United States -- History -- Encyclopedias
Description: The mass media, including "advertising, books, broadcasting in general, cable, magazines, motion pictures, newspapers, photography or photojournalism, public relations, radio, and television," are studied from 1690 to the 1990s, with analyses of "how each medium has evolved in the American culture and at how each medium has influenced the American culture."--Editor's note, p. vii-viii.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. xxxi-xxxii) and index.