| The Year That Defined American Journalism: 1897 and the Clash of Paradigms Contributor(s): Campbell, W. Joseph (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415977029 ISBN-13: 9780415977029 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2006 Annotation: "The Year That Defined American Journalism "examines the 1897 conflict between the activist "yellow journalism" of William Randolph Hearst and its objective antithesis represented by the New York Times. No other year, arguably, has produced more memorable, singularly important, or defining moments in American journalism. This exceptional year brought the establishment of the White House Press Corps; the introduction of half-tone photographs to newspaper printing; the publication of American journalism's most famous editorial, "Is There A Santa Claus?"; and the inauguration of newspaper history's longest-running comic strip, the "Katzenjammer Kids." Moreover, the outcome of this conflict reshaped the profession and gave American journalism its modern contours. This work enriches not only our understanding of this decisive moment in journalism history, but also our understanding of how to do media history. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Journalism - History | United States - General |
| Dewey: 071.309 |
| LCCN: 2005036057 |
| Physical Information: 0.82" H x 6.24" W x 9.2" (1.26 lbs) 340 pages |
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| Publisher Description: The Year that Defined American Journalism explores the succession of remarkable and decisive moments in American journalism during 1897 - a year of significant transition that helped redefine the profession and shape its modern contours. This defining year featured a momentous clash of paradigms pitting the activism of William Randolph Hearst's participatory 'journalism of action' against the detached, fact-based antithesis of activist journalism, as represented by Adolph Ochs of the New York Times, and an eccentric experiment in literary journalism pursued by Lincoln Steffens at the New York Commercial-Advertiser. Resolution of the three-sided clash of paradigms would take years and result ultimately in the ascendancy of the Times' counter-activist model, which remains the defining standard for mainstream American journalism. The Year That Defined American Journalism introduces the year-study methodology to mass communications research and enriches our understanding of a pivotal moment in media history. |