journalism history tutorial 
    READINGS+RESOURCES:

  1. the early american experience
  2. politics and early U.S. newspapers
  3. development of american mass media
  4. communication systems
  5. selling with communication
  6. the image
  7. beginnings of broadcasting
  8. the impact of television
  9. commercialization of media

1: the early american experience

  • Voices of a Nation, Part 1 (chapters 1-5).
2: politics and early U.S. newspapers
  • Gerald Baldasty. "The Press and Politics in the Age of Jackson." Journalism Monographs #89.
  • Alexis de Tocqueville. Democracy in America (read chapter 11 closely)
3: development of american mass media
  • David Paul Nord. "The Evangelical Origins of Mass Media in America, 1815-1835." Journalism Monographs #88.
  • Michael Schudson. Discovering the News: A Social History of American Newspapers , 1-60 (available from Prof. Stewart).
    • 4: communication systems
    • VN, Part 2 (chapters 6-11).
    • Richard Kielbowicz. News in the Mail (available from Prof. Stewart).
    • James Carey. "Time, Space, and the Telegraph." Communication in History, ch. 17 (available from Prof. Stewart).
    5: selling with communication
    • VN, Part 3 (chapters 12-13).
    • Rosalynd Williams. "Dream Worlds of Consumption." CH, ch. 21.
    • Marvin Olasky. "The Development of Corporate Public Relations, 1850-1930." Journalism Monographs #102.
    • Michael Schudson. Discovering the News: A Social History of American Newspapers , 61-120.
    6: the image
    • VN, Part 3, continued (chapter 14).
    • Vicki Goldberg. "The News Photograph." CH, ch. 25.
    • Armand Mattelart. Mapping World Communication: War, Progress, Culture (available from Prof. Stewart).
    7: beginnings of broadcasting
    • Stephen Kern. "Wireless World." CH, ch. 27.
    • Robert McChesney. Telecommunications, Mass Media, & Democracy (available from Prof. Stewart).
    8: the impact of television
    • Voices of a Nation, Part 3, continued (chapter 15).
    • James Boughman, Republic of Mass Culture (available from Prof. Stewart).
    9: commercialization of media
    • VN, Part 3, continued (chapter 16-18).
    • Robert McChesney, History of Communication (available from Prof. Stewart).

    Overviews of historical events/timelines: Media History Project timelines: Media History Project resources related to: Library of Congress on-line exhibits: History Channel on-line resources: Other notable on-line resources: