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The information process : world news reporting to the twentieth century / Robert W. Desmond. [electronic resource]

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Desmond, Robert W. (Robert William), 1900-1985.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Newspapers--History.
Newspapers.
News agencies--History.
News agencies.
Foreign news--History.
Foreign news.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xiv, 495 p. )
Place of Publication:
Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 1978.
Language Note:
English
Contents:
A search for understanding : the imperative of communication
That the people may know
The newspaper emerges
The beginnings of news coverage
The industrial revolution : catalyst
The information revolution
The press reaches out
Time and distance overcome
News agencies and news coverage
Correspondents take the field
The winds of change
Broad persepctives : a new era
Other continents : new technologies
The correspondent in war and peace
The British press organization
Press organization in the United States
New events, new powers and a new century
"News, the manna of a day."
Notes:
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. [439]-465.
ISBN:
1-58729-045-6

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