The Rise and Fall of the Media Establishment

ISBN-13: 9781349624959 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 140 str.

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Opis

Covering over 200 years of American history, beginning in colonial America and ending with the present day, The Rise and Fall of the Media Establishment provides an overview of the media in various key stages of American History, paying particular attention to the rise and fall in influence of the media elite.

Recenzje

"...useful as a concise and readable history of the American press." - Matt Weiser, American Studies International

West delivers an astute, probing, partisan critique of the social and governmental ramifications of 'electronic Balkanization,' 'crude' late-night TV and 'niche-market narrowcasting.' Publishers Weekly

O autorze

Darrell M. West is with the Department of Political Science at Brown University.