Commercialization of News in the Nineteenth Century

Name: Commercialization of News in the Nineteenth Century
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ISBN: 9780299134044

ISBN-10: 0299134040

ISBN-13: 9780299134044

Edition: 1992

Authors: Gerald J. Baldasty

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nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; The Commercialization of News in the Nineteenth Centurytraces the major transformation of newspapers from a politically based press to a commercially based press in the nineteenth century.nbsp; Gerald J. Baldasty argues that broad changes in American society, the national economy, and the newspaper industry brought about this dramatic shift. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Increasingly in the nineteenth century, news became a commodity valued more for its profitablility than for its role in informing or persuading the public on political issues.nbsp; Newspapers started out as highly partisan adjuncts of political parties.nbsp; As advertisers replaced political parties as the chief…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Publication date: 11/15/1992
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Tables and Figures


Acknowledgments


Introduction



American Political Parties and the Press



New Directions in American Journalism



Advertising and the Press



Newspapers as Businesses



Shaping and Packaging the News: Luring Readers and Advertisers



The Commercialization of News


Appendix 1. Content Analysis Scheme


Appendix 2. Content Analysis Tables


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Index