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Mightier than the sword : how the news media have shaped American history / Rodger Streitmatter.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: Eng Publication details: Boulder, CO : Westview Press, c2012.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xvii, 316 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780813346304 (pbk.)
  • 0813346304 (pbk.)
  • 9780813346311 (e-book)
  • 0813346312 (e-book)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 070.4/493240973 22
LOC classification:
  • PN4888.I53 ST915 2012
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Contents:
Sowing the seeds of revolution -- Abolition : turning America's conscience against the sins of slavery -- Slowing the momentum for women's rights -- Attacking municipal corruption : the Tweed ring -- Journalism as warmonger : the Spanish-American war -- Muckraking : the golden age of reform journalism -- Defying the Klu Klux Klan -- Father Coughlin : fomenting anti-Semitism via the radio -- Creating "Rosie the riveter" : propelling the American woman into the workforce -- Exposing Joe McCarthy : television's finest hour -- Pushing the civil rights movement onto the national agenda -- Vietnam War : bringing the battlefield into the American living room -- Watergate forces the president to his knees -- Rush Limbaugh : leading the Republican revolution -- 9/11 : failing the American public -- Electing an African-American president: a case study in news media bias.
Summary: Clearly presented case studies of landmark events in US history, from the American Revolution to Watergate to 9/11 and the Obama election, demonstrate the enduring power of the news media in shaping American history.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) PN4888.I53 ST915 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 4 1 Available 00000110716

Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-295) and index.

Sowing the seeds of revolution -- Abolition : turning America's conscience against the sins of slavery -- Slowing the momentum for women's rights -- Attacking municipal corruption : the Tweed ring -- Journalism as warmonger : the Spanish-American war -- Muckraking : the golden age of reform journalism -- Defying the Klu Klux Klan -- Father Coughlin : fomenting anti-Semitism via the radio -- Creating "Rosie the riveter" : propelling the American woman into the workforce -- Exposing Joe McCarthy : television's finest hour -- Pushing the civil rights movement onto the national agenda -- Vietnam War : bringing the battlefield into the American living room -- Watergate forces the president to his knees -- Rush Limbaugh : leading the Republican revolution -- 9/11 : failing the American public -- Electing an African-American president: a case study in news media bias.

Clearly presented case studies of landmark events in US history, from the American Revolution to Watergate to 9/11 and the Obama election, demonstrate the enduring power of the news media in shaping American history.

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