Bennett's New York herald and the rise of the popular press
With the founding of the New York Herald in 1835, James Gordon Bennett began what was to become the most successful and widely circulated newspaper of mid-nineteenth-century America. He did not invent the cheap popular newspaper, but his innovations, a combination of sensationalism, technological im...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Syracuse, N.Y.
Syracuse University Press
1989©1989, 1989
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| Edition: | First edition |
| Series: | New York State studies
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Learning journalism
- Sensationalism and the newspaper revolution
- Technology and the news
- Editorial jingoism
- National issues
- Monitor of New York
- Covering the Civil War
- War and postwar politics
- Bennett in retrospect
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-194) and index