Managing the Press: Origins of the Media Presidency, 1897-1933

by Stephen Ponder

Book Overview

Managing the Press re-examines the emergence of the twentieth century media President, whose authority to govern depends largely on his ability to generate public support by appealing to the citizenry through the news media. From 1897 to 1933, White House successes and failures with the press established a foundation for modern executive leadership and helped to shape patterns of media practices and technologies through which Americans have viewed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312213840
• ISBN13: 9780312213848
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 233 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"