News for all the people : the epic story of race and the American media /

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Author / Creator:	González, Juan, 1947-
Imprint:	London ; New York : Verso, 2011.
Description:	453 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Race relations and the press -- United States. Racism in mass media. Mass media and race relations -- United States. Mass media -- United States -- History. Press and politics -- United States -- History. Mass media. Mass media and race relations. Press and politics. Race relations and the press. Race relations -- Press coverage. Racism in mass media. United States -- Race relations -- Press coverage. United States. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8534038

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Varying Form of Title:	Epic story of race and the American media
Other authors / contributors:	Torres, Joseph.
ISBN:	9781844676873 1844676870
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [379]-430) and index.
Summary:	Here is a new, sweeping narrative history of American news media that puts race at the center of the story. From the earliest colonial newspapers to the Internet age, America's racial divisions have played a central role in the creation of the country's media system, just as the media has contributed to--and every so often, combated--racial oppression. News for All the People reveals how racial segregation distorted the information Americans received from the mainstream media. It unearths numerous examples of how publishers and broadcasters actually fomented racial violence and discrimination through their coverage. And it chronicles the influence federal media policies exerted in such conflicts. It depicts the struggle of Black, Latino, Asian, and Native American journalists who fought to create a vibrant yet little-known alternative, democratic press, and then, beginning in the 1970s, forced open the doors of the major media companies.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
I. The Age of Newspapers
1. "Barbarous Indians" and "Rebellious Negroes"
2. In the Mail: The Post Office, the Press and the Mass Political Party
3. Inciting to Riot: The Age of Jackson
II. Rebel Voices
4. A New Democratic Press
5. Priests, Mobs, and Know-Nothings: The Early Spanish-Language Press
6. The Indian War of Words
7. To Plead Our Own Cause: The Early Black Press
8. "The Chinese Must Go!"
III. The Age of News Networks
9. Wiring the News
10. The Progressive Era and the Colored Press
IV. The Age of Broadcasting
11. Words with Wings
12. Trouble in the Streets
13. Other Voices: Amos 'n' Andy, the "Sunshine Lady" and Los Madrugadores
14. Uniting the Home Front
15. The Color Line and the Public Interest: The Post-War Period
16. Fierce Rebellion, Furious Reaction: 1963-2003
V. The Age of the Internet
17. Controlling the Means of Transmission: Old Media's Fall and New Media's Rise
Acknowledgements
Notes
Index

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