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Prophets of the fourth estate : broadsides by press critics of the progressive era / Amy Reynolds & Gary R. Hicks.

Title
Prophets of the fourth estate : broadsides by press critics of the progressive era / Amy Reynolds & Gary R. Hicks.
Author
Reynolds, Amy, 1967-
Publication
Los Angeles, CA : Litwin Books, 2012.

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Additional Authors
HIcks, Gary R., 1962-
Description
208 p.; 23 cm.
Summary
"An historical look at criticism of the mainstream press during the Progressive Era, consisting of original articles from the time and context-providing essays"--Provided by publisher.
Subject
  • Journalism > History > United States > 20th century
  • Press and politics > United States > History > 20th century
  • Social problems > Press coverage > United States
  • Progressivism (United States politics) > History > 20th century
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Foreword / by Robert Jensen -- Introduction: Press Criticism and the Progressive Era -- Charles Edward Russell -- Who Controls the Newspaper? -- Public Opinion and the Public Lecture Circuit -- Advertising Campaigns and National Consumer Culture -- Moorfield Storey -- Oswald Garrison Villard, The Nation & Atlantic Monthly -- Threats to a Free Press: Media Consolidation and Censorship -- Propaganda and the Rise of Public Relations.
ISBN
  • 9780980200461 (alk. paper)
  • 0980200466 (alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2011014712
OCLC
725827586
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library