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The Rise and Fall of the Media Establishment
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Description for The Rise and Fall of the Media Establishment
Paperback. Num Pages: 155 pages, biography. BIC Classification: YQS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 9. Weight in Grams: 256.
Darrell West argues against prevailing wisdom that the media has increased in influence in the past decade. Covering over 200 years of American history, beginning in colonial America and ending with the present day, The Rise and Fall of the Media Establishment provides an overview of the media in various key stages of American History, paying particular attention to the rise and fall in influence of the media elite. West organizes the book into five distinct media eras: the Partisan, Commercial, Objective, Interpretive, and Fragmented Media. Each chapter, organized around these media eras, includes case studies that illustrate the theme ... Read more
Darrell West argues against prevailing wisdom that the media has increased in influence in the past decade. Covering over 200 years of American history, beginning in colonial America and ending with the present day, The Rise and Fall of the Media Establishment provides an overview of the media in various key stages of American History, paying particular attention to the rise and fall in influence of the media elite. West organizes the book into five distinct media eras: the Partisan, Commercial, Objective, Interpretive, and Fragmented Media. Each chapter, organized around these media eras, includes case studies that illustrate the theme ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
155
Condition
New
Number of Pages
140
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349624959
SKU
V9781349624959
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99-15
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Darrell M. West is with the Department of Political Science at Brown University.
Reviews for The Rise and Fall of the Media Establishment
"...useful as a concise and readable history of the American press." - Matt Weiser, American Studies International West delivers an astute, probing, partisan critique of the social and governmental ramifications of 'electronic Balkanization,' 'crude' late-night TV and 'niche-market narrowcasting.' Publishers Weekly