News for all the people [electronic resource] : the epic story of race and the American media / Juan González and Joseph Torres.

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"Here is a new, sweeping narrative history of American news media that puts race at the center of the story. From the earliest colonial newspapers to the Internet age, America's racial divisions have played a central role in the creation of the country's media system, just as the media has contribut...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	González, Juan, 1947-
Other Authors:	Torres, Joseph
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Verso, 2011.
Subjects:	Race relations and the press > United States. Racism in mass media. Mass media and race relations > United States. Mass media > United States > History. Press and politics > United States > History. United States > Race relations > Press coverage.
Online Access:	ProQuest Ebook Central: 2011 (Ebook Central @ Proquest)
Variant Title:	Epic story of race and the American media News for All the People: The Epic Story of Race and the American Media
Format:	Electronic eBook

Contents:

[Pt.] I. The age of newspapers. "Barbarous Indians" and "rebellious Negroes"
In the mail : the post office, the press and the mass political party
Inciting to riot : the age of Jackson
[pt.] II. Rebel voices. A new democratic press
Priests, mobs, and know-nothings : the early Spanish-language press
The Indian war of words
To plead our own cause : the early Black press
"The Chinese must go!"
[pt.] III. The age of news networks. Wiring the news
The Progressive Era and the colored press
[pt.] IV. The age of broadcasting. Words with wings
Trouble in the streets
Other voices : Amos 'n' Andy, the "Sunshine Lady" and Los Madrugadores
Uniting the home front
The color line and the public interest : the post-War period
Fierce rebellion, furious reaction : 1963-2003
[pt.] V. The age of the Internet. Controlling the means of transmission : old media's fall and new media's rise.