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News for all the people : the epic story of race and the American media
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Title
News for all the people : the epic story of race and the American media / Juan González and Joseph Torres.
ISBN
9781844671113
1844671119
Edition
Paperback edition.
Publication
London : Verso, 2012.
Copyright Notice Date
©2011
Physical Description
1 online resource
Summary
"From the earliest colonial newspapers to the Internet age, America's racial divisions have played a central role in the creation of the country's media system, just as the media has contributed to -- and every so often, combated -- racial oppression. This acclaimed history -- chosen as one of the best books of 2011 by the Progressive magazine -- reveals how racial segregation distorted the information Americans have received from the mainstream media, even as it depicts the struggle of Black, Latino, Asian, and Native American journalists who fought to create a vibrant yet little-known alternative, democratic press. Written in an exciting, story-driven style and replete with memorable portraits of individual journalists and media executives, both famous and obscure, heroes and villains, News for All the People is destined to become the standard history of the American media." -- Back cover.
Variant and related titles
Epic story of race and the American media
Internet Archive collection.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 08, 2020
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-430) and index.
Contents
[Pt.] I. The age of newspapers. "Barbarous Indians" and "rebellious Negroes"
In the mail : the post office, the press and the mass political party
Inciting to riot : the age of Jackson
[pt.] II. Rebel voices. A new democratic press
Priests, mobs, and know-nothings : the early Spanish-language press
The Indian war of words
To plead our own cause : the early Black press
"The Chinese must go!"
[pt.] III. The age of news networks. Wiring the news
The Progressive Era and the colored press
[pt.] IV. The age of broadcasting. Words with wings
Trouble in the streets
Other voices : Amos 'n' Andy, the "Sunshine Lady" and Los Madrugadores
Uniting the home front
The color line and the public interest : the post-War period
Fierce rebellion, furious reaction : 1963-2003
[pt.] V. The age of the Internet. Controlling the means of transmission : old media's fall and new media's rise.
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