The Gilded Age Press, 1865-1900

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Bloomsbury Academic, Aug 30, 2003 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 256 pages
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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A Changing Nation and a Changing Press 18651872
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Partisanship under Attack 18651872
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Rural and Regional Journalism 18651882
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TED CURTIS SMYTHE is Professor of Communications Emeritus at California State University, Fullerton. He is co-editor of Readings in Mass Communication and numerous scholarly articles in journalism history.

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