Mightier than the sword : how the news media have shaped American history /
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.
| Основен автор: | Streitmatter, Rodger. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Boulder :
Westview Press,
2012.
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| Издание: | 3rd ed. |
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=421162 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Mightier than the sword. |
Съдържание:
- Introduction
- 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.