Rise and Fall of the Media Establishment

by Darrell M. West

Book Overview

Darrell West argues against prevailing wisdom that the media has increased in influence in the past decade. Covering over 200 years of American history, beginning in colonial America and ending with... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 031224777X
• ISBN13: 9780312247775
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.6" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Fantastic resource

A great book -- West does a tremendous job of culling together a ton of research and documenting the history of the U.S. news media. He breaks it down into five eras: Partisan (1790s-1840s), Commercial (1850s-1920s), Objective (1930s-1960s), Interpretative (1970s-1980s), and Fragmented (1990s-present). These boundaries make a lot of sense and help create a unified approach to the evolution of the news media. Packed with great examples (in case study form) for each era and extremely well researched. And most importantly -- quite unbiased. Leaves you feeling like he presented all sides of debates fairly.