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OverviewThe newspaper has always been a privileged form of communication in the United States. Law accords it a seriousness often denied other media, and popular culture endorses its power to expose and enlighten. Why are newspapers seen as instruments of democracy? How do they succeed or fail in their mission? And how does the experience of reading them shape our identity as citizens? This book offers a fresh perspective on the history of newspapers in the United States. Although most scholars think the newspaper works through its content, this history looks deeper into form: ways of writing; systems of organization; and genres of presentation, including typography, space, and pictures. Richly illustrated with archival material, the book traces the changing ""look"" of the news from the Revolutionary era to the present day. It explores both how we see newspapers and how newspapers imagine us - as citizens, voters, consumers, and spectators. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Kevin G. Barnhurst , John NeronePublisher: Guilford Publications Imprint: Guilford Publications Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.460kg ISBN: 9781572307919ISBN 10: 1572307919 Pages: 326 Publication Date: 25 July 2002 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Awaiting stock  Table of ContentsChapter 1. The Form of News: Style, Production, and Social Meaning, 1750-2000 Part I. Before Modernism Chapter 2. The Founding Forms: Politics and the Work of Newspapers, 1750-1850 Chapter 3. Commercialization: The Newspaper and the Market Revolution, 1780s-1880s Part II. The Role of Pictures Chapter 4. Civic Picturing: The Regime of Illustrated News, 1856-1901 Chapter 5. The President Is Dead: Pictures and Journalistic Values, 1881-1963 Part III. The Rise of Modernism Chapter 6. The Front Page: Measuring Modernism and Its Phases, 1885-1985 Chapter 7. Visual Mapping: Modern Design and Cultural Authority, 1920-1940 Part IV. After Modernism Chapter 8. Beyond Modernism: Americanization and Its Consequences, 1910-2000 Chapter 9. Spectators and Their Spectacles: Forms of Knowledge, Forms of Power References IndexReviews'This wonderfully intelligent book... will enlarge and deepen our view of the press and will strengthen our understanding of the relation between journalism and civic life.' - James Carey, Columbia University 'Two enterprising scholars and newspaper buffs offer here an original new frame for American journalism history by analyzing the changing appearance of newspapers.' - Columbia Journalism Review 'The best - that is, the most well-written, comprehensive, and cogent - text to date on the history of newspapers in America. It will be useful for undergraduate and graduate courses, and will be of considerable interest to general readers.' - Neil M. Postman, New York University 'Offers a useful and accessible overview of the history of American newspaper form. Ideally, [this book] will also serve as a baseline and model for future studies analyzing the relationship between form and the role a medium plays in society.' - SHARP News (Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing) 'Barnhurst and Nerone cover ground that has rarely been tread before. And they do it with a keen eye on historical context.' - Nieman Reports A very approachable and comprehensive autopsy of modern interactions....This is a book that will change your understanding of communication, and how relationships are built as well as how we project our identities. A useful resource for students, but also an enlightening read for anyone interested in communication. --The Psychologist This wonderfully intelligent book is an innovative rewriting of journalism history through the prism of newspaper design. It will enlarge and deepen our view of the press and will strengthen our understanding of the relation between journalism and civic life. --James Carey, Columbia University The Form of News is the best--that is, the most well-written, comprehensive, and cogent--text to date on the history of newspapers in America. It will be useful for undergraduate and graduate courses, and will be of considerable interest to general readers.--Neil M. Postman, New York University A marvelous book. Barnhurst and Nerone's thesis that news forms have a powerful impact on the civic culture is a compelling argument that gains force from their careful research and analysis. This book should be included in the required reading list of any graduate or upper-division newspaper course. Sprinkled with insights and historical examples, The Form of News is a 'must' read for all serious students of the media--scholars and journalists alike. --Thomas E. Patterson, Bradlee Professor of Government & the Press, Harvard University - Two enterprising scholars and newspaper buffs offer here an original new frame for American journalism history by analyzing the changing appearance of newspapers. --Columbia Journalism Review, 5/5/2002ff Offers a useful and accessible overview of the history of American newspaper form. Ideally, [this book] will also serve as a baseline and model for future studies analyzing the relationship between form and the role a medium plays in society. --SHARP News (Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing), 5/5/2002ff Barnhurst and Nerone cover ground that has rarely been tread before. And they do it with a keen eye on historical context. --Nieman Reports, 5/5/2002 Author InformationKevin G. Barnhurst grew up in Salt Lake City and received a PhD (1997) from the University of Amsterdam. Before joining the communication faculty at the University of Illinois at Chicago, he was a Fulbright professor in Lima, Peru; completed a research fellowship at Columbia University; and taught journalism and graphic design. His first book, Seeing the Newspaper, was named a Best Book of 1994 by In These Times magazine, and he has written for the Christian Science Monitor, the Chicago Tribune, Commentary, and the American Scholar. John Nerone was born in Cincinnati and educated at Xavier University and the University of Notre Dame, where he received a PhD (1982). In 1983 he began teaching in the College of Communications, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he continues to teach courses in the history of the media and normative press theory. He is the author of three previous books: The Culture of the Press in the Early Republic, Violence against the Press, and Last Rights: Revisiting Four Theories of the Press, which he edited and coauthored with seven of his colleagues in Urbana. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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