Mightier Than the Sword How the News Media Have Shaped American History

Name: Mightier Than the Sword How the News Media Have Shaped American History
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ISBN: 9780813346304

ISBN-10: 0813346304

ISBN-13: 9780813346304

Edition: 3rd 2011

Authors: Rodger Streitmatter

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In this path-breaking book, Rodger Streitmatter takes readers on a sightseeing tour of American history as influenced by the public press, visiting sixteen landmark events in US history, from the American Revolution and the civil rights movement to Watergate and 9/11. These are events that stir the political imagination; but, as Streitmatter shows, they also demonstrate how American journalism, since the 1760s, has not merelyrecordedthis nation’s history but has played a role inshapingit. This book is the first of its kind. Streitmatter avoids the mind-numbing lists of names, dates, and newspaper headlines that bog down the standard journalism history textbook. Instead, he focuses on a…

Book details

List price: $38.00
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 12/27/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction



Sowing the Seeds of Revolution



Abolition Turning Americas 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 Ku 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



How the News Media Have Shaped American History Focusing on the How


Notes


Bibliography


About the Book and Author


Index