From the creation of newspapers with national reach in the late
nineteenth century to the lightning-fast dispatches and debates of
today's Internet, the media have played an enormous role in modern
American politics. Scholars of political history universally
concede the importance of this relationship yet have devoted scant
attention to its development during the past century. Even as mass
media have largely replaced party organizations as the main
vehicles through which politicians communicate with and mobilize
citizens, little historical scholarship traces the institutional
changes, political organizations, and media structures that
underlay this momentous shift. With Media Nation, editors Bruce J.
Schulman and Julian E. Zelizer seek to bring the media back to the
center of scholarship on the history of the United States since the
Progressive Era. The book's revealing case studies examine key
moments and questions within the evolution of the media from the
early days of print news through the era of television and the
Internet, including battles over press freedom in the early
twentieth century, the social and cultural history of news
reporters at the height of the Cold War, and the U.S. government's
abandonment of the Fairness Doctrine and the consequent impact on
news production, among others. Although they cover a diverse array
of subjects, the book's contributors cohere around several critical
ideas, including how elites interact with media, how key policy
changes shaped media, and how media institutions play an important
role in shaping society's power structure. Highlighting some of the
most exciting voices in media and political history, Media Nation
is a field-shaping volume that offers fresh perspectives on the
role of mass media in the evolution of modern American politics.
Contributors: Kathryn Cramer Brownell, David Greenberg, Julia
Guarneri, Nicole Hemmer, Richard R. John, Sam Lebovic, Kevin
Lerner, Kathryn J. McGarr, Matthew Pressman, Emilie Raymond,
Michael Schudson, Bruce J. Schulman, Julian E. Zelizer.
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