The press in American politics, 1787-2012 / Patrick Novotny.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Novotny, Patrick, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Press and politics--United States--History.

Press and politics.

Government and the press--United States--History.

Government and the press.

History.

United States.

Physical Description:

xi, 241 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, California ; Denver, Colorado ; Oxford, England : Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2014]

Summary:

From the Constitutional Convention in 1787 and the fight for ratification of the Constitution in the pages of America's newspapers through the digital era of 24/7 information technologies and social media campaigns, this book tells the story of the press as a decisive and defining part of America's elections, parties, and political life. The Press In American Politics, 1787-2012 supplies a far-reaching and fast-moving historical narrative of the decisive and defining moments in U.S. politics as told through the history of America's press, beginning from the emergence of the press in American politics during the 1787 Constitutional Convention through to 21st-century campaigning that utilize "big data" and harness the power of social networking. Suitable for general readers with an interest in the history of American elections and political campaigns and students and academic scholars studying the press and American politics, the book tells the story of "the press"--collectively, some of the most familiar institutions in American news, broadcasting, and technology--as a defining part of America's elections, political parties, and political life. Author Patrick Novotny examines topics such as the expansion of the press into the Western territories and states in the early 19th century, the growing independence of the press after the Civil War, the early history of wireless communication, the emergence of radio and television as powerful media, and the daunting challenges newspapers face in the Internet era. Provides a compelling and unique perspective of American politics through the early adoptions of technology by the press, especially in the era of electronic broadcasting and information technology in the 20th century Thoroughly documents the early emergence of the uses of radio, television, and the Internet across history Offers up-to-date accounts of some of the latest campaigning for elective office in the past decade, up to and including the 2012 presidential election

Contents:

The press and American politics, 1787-1800

The nineteenth-century press and American politics

Newspapers and twentieth-century American politics

Radio and the rise of broadcast politics

Television in the early twentieth century

Television in the 1930s and in wartime America

Television and the transformation of postwar American politics

The Internet and politics in the digital age.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781440832895

1440832897

OCLC:

883391505