Journalism, 1908 : birth of a profession / edited by Betty Houchin Winfield.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Winfield, Betty Houchin, 1939-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Journalism--United States--History--20th century.

Journalism.

Journalism--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

xii, 356 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"A team of media scholars with personal ties to the University of Missouri's School of Journalism explore the state of news organizations in 1908, the year in which the first university-based school of journalism was founded, and illustrate the profound impact journalism education has had on the news media"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Emerging Professionalism and Modernity

Part I. The Scene in 1908

Chapter 1. 1908: A Very Political Year for the Press

Chapter 2. From Whiskey Ads to the Reverend Jellyfish: Media Law in 1908

Part II. Modernization: Journalism Comes of Age

Chapter 3. Community Journalism: A Continuous Objective

Chapter 4. Press Clubs Champion Journalism Education

Chapter 5. Philosophy at Work: Ideas Made a Difference

Part III. Institutional Rumblings and Change

Chapter 6. Power, Irony, and Contradictions: Education and the News Business

Chapter 7. The Age of "Glory and Risk": The Advertising Industry Finds Its Worth

Part IV. Journalism's Extended Family

Chapter 8. Work in Progress: Labor and the Press in 1908

Chapter 9. Good Women and Bad Girls: Women and Journalism in 1908

Part V. General Assignment Plus

Chapter 10. Sports Journalism and the New American Character of Energy and Leisure

Chapter 11. Enter, Stage Right: Critics Flex Their Muscles in the Heyday of Live Performances

Chapter 12. 1908: The Beginnings of Globalization in Journalism Education

Chapter 13. The Look of 1908: Newspaper Design's Status at a Turning Point in Journalism Education

Part VI. Journalism's Concurrent Voices

Chapter 14. Reform, Consume: Social Tumult on the Pages of Progressive Era Magazines

Chapter 15. Foreign Voices Yearning to Breathe Free: The Early Twentieth-Century Immigrant Press in the United States

Chapter 16. Forced to the Margins: The Early Twentieth-Century African American Press

Conclusion. 1908: The Aftermath

About the Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780826266699

082626669X

OCLC:

593249213