Rise and Fall of the Media Establishment

By Darrell M. West

Book Overview

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 031224777X
• ISBN13: 9780312247775
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: Wadsworth
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.5" x 6.0"

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.