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As polarized factions in society pull apart from economic
dislocation, tribalism, and fear, and as strident attacks on the
press make its survival more precarious, the need for an
institutionally organized forum in civic life has become
increasingly important. Populist challenges amplified by a
counter-institutional media system have contributed to the
long-term decline in journalistic authority, exploiting a
post-truth mentality that strikes at its very core. In this timely
book, Stephen Reese considers these threats through a new
conception of the 'hybrid institution' an idea that extends beyond
the traditional newsroom, and distributes across multiple
platforms, national boundaries, and social actors. What is it about
the institutional press that we value, and around what normative
standards could a hybrid institution emerge? Addressing these
questions, Reese highlights how this is no time to be passive but
rather to articulate and defend greater aspirations. The
institutional press matters more than ever: a reality that must be
communicated to a public that depends on it. The Crisis of the
Institutional Press is an essential resource for students and
scholars of journalism, media and communication.
As polarized factions in society pull apart from economic
dislocation, tribalism, and fear, and as strident attacks on the
press make its survival more precarious, the need for an
institutionally organized forum in civic life has become
increasingly important. Populist challenges amplified by a
counter-institutional media system have contributed to the
long-term decline in journalistic authority, exploiting a
post-truth mentality that strikes at its very core. In this timely
book, Stephen Reese considers these threats through a new
conception of the 'hybrid institution' an idea that extends beyond
the traditional newsroom, and distributes across multiple
platforms, national boundaries, and social actors. What is it about
the institutional press that we value, and around what normative
standards could a hybrid institution emerge? Addressing these
questions, Reese highlights how this is no time to be passive but
rather to articulate and defend greater aspirations. The
institutional press matters more than ever: a reality that must be
communicated to a public that depends on it. The Crisis of the
Institutional Press is an essential resource for students and
scholars of journalism, media and communication.
The webs, nodes and networks created by Britain's Indian Ocean
Empire during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries are here
explored in the context of their personal and social impact. Using
the British Settlement of Aden as its focus, the book examines the
development of a local community within the spaces created by
imperial rule. It explores how individuals from widely disparate
backgrounds brought together by the networks of empire created a
cohesive community utilizing the one commonality at their disposal:
their faith. Specifically, it examines how religious institutions
and spiritual ideas served as parameters for the creation of
community and the kinds of symbolic and cultural capital an
individual needed to attain communal membership and influence
within the confines of imperial rule.
This engrossing book tells the story of American high schools in
the nineteenth century. William Reese analyzes the social changes
and political debates that shaped these institutions across the
nation-from the first public high school, established in
Massachusetts in 1821, to the 1880s, by which time a majority of
secondary students in the North were enrolled in high schools.
Reese also explores in generous detail the experience of going to
school. Drawing on the writings of local educators and school
administrators as well as on student newspapers, diaries, and
memoirs, he brings to life the high schools of a century ago,
revealing what students studied and how they behaved, what teachers
expected of them and how they taught, and how boys and girls,
whites and blacks, and children in different parts of the nation
perceived their schools. America's earliest public high schools
were built in major cities along the eastern seaboard, and they
became an important factor in the building of free public school
systems, bringing a broad range of middle-class citizens into their
orbit. Reese shows that although high schools were condemned by
critics as elite institutions of classical learning, they were in
fact largely dedicated to offering talented, mostly middle-class
youth a quality education in modern, practical subjects.
Better known as an art collector, Paul Mellon was also one of
America's premier book collectors of the late 20th century.America
Pictured to the Life: Illustrated Works from the Paul Mellon
Bequest explores the extraordinary range of American illustrated
books that Mr. Mellon's estate gave to Yale University's Beinecke
Rare Book & Manuscript Library. The catalog ranges from
16th-century accounts of early European exploration through late
19th-century American children's literature. Works depicting
American cities and historical events are accompanied by
illustrated trade literature, art and architectural manuals, and
works of entertainment. Illustrated in full color, the catalog
includes commentary on more than 100 items from the Mellon bequest.
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