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The Rise and Fall of the Media Establishment

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  • © 2001

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  1. Darrell M. West

    1. Brown University, USA

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 1-7

  3. The Partisan Media

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    Pages 8-25

  4. The Commercial Media

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    Pages 26-49

  5. The Objective Media

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    Pages 50-67

  6. The Interpretive Media

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    Pages 68-83

  7. The Fragmented Media

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    Pages 84-109

  8. The Future of the Media

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    Pages 110-127

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 129-140
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About this book

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 the present day, The Rise and Fall of the Media Establishment provides an overview of the media in various key stages of American History, paying particular attention to the rise and fall in influence of the media elite. West organizes the book into five distinct media eras: the Partisan, Commercial, Objective, Interpretive, and Fragmented Media. Each chapter, organized around these media eras, includes case studies that illustrate the theme of that chapter. Ideal for the general reader as well as the academic, The Rise and Fall of the Media Establishment offers an accessible, engaging book with a challenging thesis.

Reviews

"...useful as a concise and readable history of the American press." - Matt Weiser, American Studies International

West delivers an astute, probing, partisan critique of the social and governmental ramifications of 'electronic Balkanization,' 'crude' late-night TV and 'niche-market narrowcasting.' Publishers Weekly

Authors and Affiliations

  • Brown University, USA

    Darrell M. West

About the author

Darrell M. West is with the Department of Political Science at Brown University.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Rise and Fall of the Media Establishment

  • Authors: Darrell M. West

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-07405-8

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2001

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-62495-9Published: 13 July 2001

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-07405-8Published: 27 September 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 140

  • Topics: Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary

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