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News for all the people : the epic story of race and the American media / Juan González and Joseph Torres.

By: González, Juan, 1947-.
Contributor(s): Torres, Joseph.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: London ; New York : Verso, 2011Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [379]-430) and index.Description: 453 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781844676873 :; 1844676870.Subject(s): Race relations and the press -- United States | Mass media and race relations -- United States | Press and politics -- United States -- History | United States -- Race relations -- Press coverageDDC classification: 302.23/0973
Contents:
The age of newspapers. "Barbarous Indians" and "rebellious Negroes" ; In the mail: the post office, the press and the mass political party ; Inciting to riot: the age of Jackson -- Rebel voices. A new democratic press ; Priests, mobs, and know-nothings: the early Spanish-language press ; The Indian war of words ; To pled our own cause: the early Black press ; "The Chinese must go!" -- The age of news networks. Wiring the news ; The Progressive era and the colored press -- The age of broadcasting. Words with wings ; Trouble in the streets ; Other voices: Amos 'n' Andy, the "Sunshine Lady" and Los Madrugadores ; Uniting the home front ; The color line and the public interest: the post-war period ; Fierce rebellion, furious reaction: 1963-2003 -- The age of the Internet. Controlling the means of transmission: old media's fall and new media's rise.
Summary: Chronicles the history of America's news media coverage of race from colonial newspapers to current times.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [379]-430) and index.

The age of newspapers. "Barbarous Indians" and "rebellious Negroes" ; In the mail: the post office, the press and the mass political party ; Inciting to riot: the age of Jackson -- Rebel voices. A new democratic press ; Priests, mobs, and know-nothings: the early Spanish-language press ; The Indian war of words ; To pled our own cause: the early Black press ; "The Chinese must go!" -- The age of news networks. Wiring the news ; The Progressive era and the colored press -- The age of broadcasting. Words with wings ; Trouble in the streets ; Other voices: Amos 'n' Andy, the "Sunshine Lady" and Los Madrugadores ; Uniting the home front ; The color line and the public interest: the post-war period ; Fierce rebellion, furious reaction: 1963-2003 -- The age of the Internet. Controlling the means of transmission: old media's fall and new media's rise.

Chronicles the history of America's news media coverage of race from colonial newspapers to current times.

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