The Rise and Fall of the Media Establishment

By Darrell M. West

Book Overview

2001

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349624950
• ISBN13: 9781349624959
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Length: 155 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Fantastic resource

A great book -- West does a tremendous job of culling together a ton of research and documenting the history of the U.S. news media. He breaks it down into five eras: Partisan (1790s-1840s), Commercial (1850s-1920s), Objective (1930s-1960s), Interpretative (1970s-1980s), and Fragmented (1990s-present). These boundaries make a lot of sense and help create a unified approach to the evolution of the news media. Packed with great examples (in case study form) for each era and extremely well researched. And most importantly -- quite unbiased. Leaves you feeling like he presented all sides of debates fairly.