Voices of Revolution

By Rodger Streitmatter

Book Overview

For far too long, Rodger Streitmatter tells us, mainstream journalists and even some media scholars have viewed radical, leftist, or progressive periodicals in America as rags edited by crackpots. However, many of these dissident presses have shaped the way Americans think about social and political issues. Covering the last two centuries, Streitmatter tells the stories of dissident publications and press movements, and of the colorful individuals behind them: the labor press, black power publications of the 1960s, contemporary Internet on-line journals and much more.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231122489
• ISBN13: 9780231122481
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.0" x 6.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Great for journalism courses

I was looking for a book that would energize journalism students and would help them to see in journalism the potential for making a contribution to positive social change. This book was terrific in the classroom for those purposes. The students loved the narrative writing style and the book opened great questions on the role of advocacy in relation to social movements and the institutions of journalism. A truly important work as we in journalism education look for ways to encourage our students to consider alternatives to corporate-owned media!