Politicking and emergent media : US presidential elections of the 1890s / Charles Musser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Musser, Charles, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Presidents--United States--Election--History--19th century.

Presidents.

Politics and government.

Political campaigns.

History.

Press and politics.

United States.

Mass media--Political aspects--United States.

Mass media.

Mass media--Political aspects.

Press and politics--United States--History--19th century.

Political campaigns--United States--History--19th century.

United States--Politics and government--1885-1899.

Presidents--Election.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiv, 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016]

Summary:

"Presidential campaigns of the twenty-first century are not the first to use new media to promote their platform and marshal votes. In Politicking and Emergent Media, distinguished film historian Charles Musser looks at four US presidential campaigns during the long 1890s (1888-1900) as Republicans and Democrats mobilized a variety of media forms to achieve electoral victory. New York--the home of Wall Street, Tammany Hall, and prominent media industries--became the site of intense debate as candidates battled over voters' rights, labor issues, and currency standards for a fragile economy. If the city's leading daily newspapers were mostly Democratic as the decade began, Republicans eagerly exploited alternative media opportunities. Using the stereopticon (a modernized magic lantern), they developed the first campaign documentaries. Soon they were using motion pictures, the phonograph, and telephone in surprising and often successful ways. Brimming with rich historical details, Charles Musser tells the remarkable story of the political forces driving the emergence of new media at the turn of the century"--Provided by the publisher.

Contents:

The stereopticon, the tariff illustrated and the 1892 election

The stereopticon: platform or new media form?

Cinema, McKinley at home and the 1896 election

Cinema as a media form.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-258) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Musser, Charles, author. Politicking and emergent media.

ISBN:

9780520292727

0520292723

9780520292734

0520292731

OCLC:

944957879