"Ruthless Criticism "was first published in 1993. Minnesota
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"Ruthless Criticism "offers perspectives and subjects largely
outside traditional historiography. It broadens the concept of
media history to include lesser-studied media, and offers
alternative interpretations of traditional media.
This anthology of original research includes an array of
scholarly and theoretical perspectives. Each addresses specific
topic within a specific era. reflecting the diversity of U.S. mass
media.
Solomon and McChesney begin by using critical theory and
deconstruction to examine the meanings of print in the colonial
era. Subsequent chapters study the media ecology of the antebellum
press; the intense focus on profits of the post-Civil War
mainstream press; gender images in the labor press; the diversity
of political views within the working-class press; and the
development of a commercial press in the black community.
The essays concerning the twentieth century focus on the rise of
a culture industry and include studies on the origins of the
broadcast ratings system and the commercial broadcast system and
the commercial broadcast system, early television's portrayals of
childhood, the televisions networks' close ties with the federal
government, the government's key role in creating and developing
the field of mass communication research, and teenage girls'
popular culture from 1960-1968 as a formative influence on the
feminist movement.
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