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The Gilded Age Press, 1865-1900

The Gilded Age Press, 1865-1900

Smythe, Ted Curtis
Schroeder, Shannin

Hardcover

Series: History of American Journalism, Book 4

General ReferenceWriting InstructionGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0313300801
ISBN13: 9780313300806
Publisher: Praeger
Published: Aug 30 2003
Pages: 256
Weight: 1.16
Height: 0.95 Width: 6.38 Depth: 9.52
Language: English
American newspapers redefined journalism after the Civil War by breaking away from the editorial and financial control of the Democratic and Republican parties. Smythe chronicles the rise of the New Journalism, where pegging newspaper sales to market forces was the cost of editorial independence. Successful papers in post-bellum America thrived by catering to a mass audience, which increased their circulations and raised their advertising revenues. Still active politically, independent editors now sought to influence their readers' opinions themselves rather than serve as conduits for the party line.

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