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- Book Title
- News for All: America's Coming-Of-Age with the Press
- Publication Date
- 1995-11-09
- Pages
- 304
- ISBN
- 9780195064544
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0195064542
ISBN-13
9780195064544
eBay Product ID (ePID)
76351
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
News for All : America's Coming-Of-Age with the Press
Subject
Journalism
Publication Year
1995
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Language Arts & Disciplines
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
24 Oz
Item Length
9.6 in
Item Width
6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
94-042351
Reviews
"News for All offers an astonishing storehouse of facts about the press and its readers, past and present. Thomas Leonard's ability to bring nineteenth century news, news distribution, and news readers to life is a great achievement. His wise and richly informed commentary on today's vanishingnewspaper circulation is equally important. His message--that the press will serve its civic duties better if ti recaptures its former commercial verve and risk-taking--deservers a broad hearing."--Michael Schudson, Professor of Communications, University of California, San Diego, "A wide-ranging social history of how readers have approached the press and how newspapers and magazines have tried to attract audiences."--Publishers Weekly, "Traditionally, we think of 'journalism' as what journalists do. Thomas Leonard shows us the other, hidden half: what people do as they read and rage at the news. This book should open a whole new territory of press scholarship: how 'journalism' looks and feels on the receiving end, which iswhere it ultimately matters."--Jay Rosen, Director, Project on Public Life and the Press, New York University, "In a wonderfully insightful and concise history of the newspaper's role in the development of the United States, Leonard strips away the romanticism of the business and guides us through an anecdotally rich story of how newspapers transformed themselves from a tool of mass democracy to anadvertising-driven medium in search of the most prized of free agents: the almighty affluent demographic."--Chicago Tribune, "A wide-ranging social history of how readers have approached the press and how newspapers and magazines have tried to attract audiences."--Publishers Weekly "News for Alloffers an astonishing storehouse of facts about the press and its readers, past and present. Thomas Leonard's ability to bring nineteenth century news, news distribution, and news readers to life is a great achievement. His wise and richly informed commentary on today's vanishing newspaper circulation is equally important. His message--that the press will serve its civic duties better if ti recaptures its former commercial verve and risk-taking--deservers a broad hearing."--Michael Schudson, Professor of Communications, University of California, San Diego "By examining newspapers as cultural symbols and as artifacts,News for Alloffers an original and fresh perspective on the history of American journalism. It combines impressive scholarship, vivid writing and high moral purpose."--Leo Bogart, author ofCommercial CultureandPreserving thePress "Traditionally, we think of 'journalism' as what journalists do. Thomas Leonard shows us the other, hidden half: what people do as they read and rage at the news. This book should open a whole new territory of press scholarship: how 'journalism' looks and feels on the receiving end, which is where it ultimately matters."--Jay Rosen, Director, Project on Public Life and the Press, New York University "The story of the creation of the voracious American appetite for news is both fascinating and surprising.News for Alltraces in riveting detail the role news has played in the development of the American character and its politics. Professor Leonard shows how the politicians who learned to master whatever new techniques and technology of the spreading of news, inevitably rose to power--a process that continues with increasing speed today. The news in this book is how this has been and is accomplished."--Clay Felker, founding editor,New Yorkmagazine "An exceptional piece of research that will set a standard of historical scholarship on the press.News for Allis an original history of the press. Tom Leonard tells a compelling story, our story, the story of the readers of news, and simultaneously reveals, as in no other work, the complicated and ambivalent relationship between journalism and democracy. A must for everyone interested in the history of democracy and journalism."--James W. Carey, Professor of Journalism, Columbia University, "A wide-ranging social history of how readers have approached the press and how newspapers and magazines have tried to attract audiences."-- Publishers Weekly " News for All offers an astonishing storehouse of facts about the press and its readers, past and present. Thomas Leonard's ability to bring nineteenth century news, news distribution, and news readers to life is a great achievement. His wise and richly informed commentary on today's vanishing newspaper circulation is equally important. His message--that the press will serve its civic duties better if ti recaptures its former commercial verve and risk-taking--deservers a broad hearing."--Michael Schudson, Professor of Communications, University of California, San Diego "By examining newspapers as cultural symbols and as artifacts, News for All offers an original and fresh perspective on the history of American journalism. It combines impressive scholarship, vivid writing and high moral purpose."--Leo Bogart, author of Commercial Culture and Preserving the Press "Traditionally, we think of 'journalism' as what journalists do. Thomas Leonard shows us the other, hidden half: what people do as they read and rage at the news. This book should open a whole new territory of press scholarship: how 'journalism' looks and feels on the receiving end, which is where it ultimately matters."--Jay Rosen, Director, Project on Public Life and the Press, New York University "The story of the creation of the voracious American appetite for news is both fascinating and surprising. News for All traces in riveting detail the role news has played in the development of the American character and its politics. Professor Leonard shows how the politicians who learned to master whatever new techniques and technology of the spreading of news, inevitably rose to power--a process that continues with increasing speed today. The news in this book is how this has been and is accomplished."--Clay Felker, founding editor, New York magazine "An exceptional piece of research that will set a standard of historical scholarship on the press. News for All is an original history of the press. Tom Leonard tells a compelling story, our story, the story of the readers of news, and simultaneously reveals, as in no other work, the complicated and ambivalent relationship between journalism and democracy. A must for everyone interested in the history of democracy and journalism."--James W. Carey, Professor of Journalism, Columbia University, "An exceptional piece of research that will set a standard of historical scholarship on the press. News for All is an original history of the press. Tom Leonard tells a compelling story, our story, the story of the readers of news, and simultaneously reveals, as in no other work, thecomplicated and ambivalent relationship between journalism and democracy. A must for everyone interested in the history of democracy and journalism."--James W. Carey, Professor of Journalism, Columbia University, "A wide-ranging social history of how readers have approached the press and how newspapers and magazines have tried to attract audiences."--Publishers Weekly"News for All offers an astonishing storehouse of facts about the press and its readers, past and present. Thomas Leonard's ability to bring nineteenth century news, news distribution, and news readers to life is a great achievement. His wise and richly informed commentary on today's vanishing newspaper circulation is equally important. His message--that the press will serve its civic duties better if ti recaptures its former commercial verve and risk-taking--deservers a broad hearing."--Michael Schudson, Professor of Communications, University of California, San Diego"By examining newspapers as cultural symbols and as artifacts, News for All offers an original and fresh perspective on the history of American journalism. It combines impressive scholarship, vivid writing and high moral purpose."--Leo Bogart, author of Commercial Culture and Preserving the Press"Traditionally, we think of 'journalism' as what journalists do. Thomas Leonard shows us the other, hidden half: what people do as they read and rage at the news. This book should open a whole new territory of press scholarship: how 'journalism' looks and feels on the receiving end, which is where it ultimately matters."--Jay Rosen, Director, Project on Public Life and the Press, New York University"The story of the creation of the voracious American appetite for news is both fascinating and surprising. News for All traces in riveting detail the role news has played in the development of the American character and its politics. Professor Leonard shows how the politicians who learned to master whatever new techniques and technology of the spreading of news, inevitably rose to power--a process that continues with increasing speed today. The news in this book is how this has been and is accomplished."--Clay Felker, founding editor, New York magazine"An exceptional piece of research that will set a standard of historical scholarship on the press. News for All is an original history of the press. Tom Leonard tells a compelling story, our story, the story of the readers of news, and simultaneously reveals, as in no other work, the complicated and ambivalent relationship between journalism and democracy. A must for everyone interested in the history of democracy and journalism."--James W. Carey, Professor of Journalism, Columbia University, "[A] fine, quirky chronicle of print journalism and its audiences.... News for All traces the twined evolution of the democratic idea and the growth of newspaper circulation.... Crisp, sophisticated, and strongly researched."--Michael Janeway, The New York Times Book Review, "The story of the creation of the voracious American appetite for news is both fascinating and surprising. News for All traces in riveting detail the role news has played in the development of the American character and its politics. Professor Leonard shows how the politicians who learned tomaster whatever new techniques and technology of the spreading of news, inevitably rose to power--a process that continues with increasing speed today. The news in this book is how this has been and is accomplished."--Clay Felker, founding editor, New York magazine, "By examining newspapers as cultural symbols and as artifacts, News for All offers an original and fresh perspective on the history of American journalism. It combines impressive scholarship, vivid writing and, high moral purpose."--Leo Bogart, author of Commercial Culture and Preserving thePress, "A wide-ranging social history of how readers have approached the press and how newspapers and magazines have tried to attract audiences."--Publishers Weekly "News for All offers an astonishing storehouse of facts about the press and its readers, past and present. Thomas Leonard's ability to bring nineteenth century news, news distribution, and news readers to life is a great achievement. His wise and richly informed commentary on today's vanishing newspaper circulation is equally important. His message--that the press will serve its civic duties better if ti recaptures its former commercial verve and risk-taking--deservers a broad hearing."--Michael Schudson, Professor of Communications, University of California, San Diego "By examining newspapers as cultural symbols and as artifacts, News for All offers an original and fresh perspective on the history of American journalism. It combines impressive scholarship, vivid writing and high moral purpose."--Leo Bogart, author of Commercial Culture and Preserving the Press "Traditionally, we think of 'journalism' as what journalists do. Thomas Leonard shows us the other, hidden half: what people do as they read and rage at the news. This book should open a whole new territory of press scholarship: how 'journalism' looks and feels on the receiving end, which is where it ultimately matters."--Jay Rosen, Director, Project on Public Life and the Press, New York University "The story of the creation of the voracious American appetite for news is both fascinating and surprising. News for All traces in riveting detail the role news has played in the development of the American character and its politics. Professor Leonard shows how the politicians who learned to master whatever new techniques and technology of the spreading of news, inevitably rose to power--a process that continues with increasing speed today. The news in this book is how this has been and is accomplished."--Clay Felker, founding editor, New York magazine "An exceptional piece of research that will set a standard of historical scholarship on the press. News for All is an original history of the press. Tom Leonard tells a compelling story, our story, the story of the readers of news, and simultaneously reveals, as in no other work, the complicated and ambivalent relationship between journalism and democracy. A must for everyone interested in the history of democracy and journalism."--James W. Carey, Professor of Journalism, Columbia University
Dewey Edition
20
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
071/.3
Synopsis
"The American," wrote Victorian journalist Edward Dicey, "might be defined as a newspaper reading animal." Nineteenth-century taverns boasted of their newspapers as much as their drinks. Indeed, Americans' news-consumption habits were so obvious that Omaha Indians, on visits to St. Louis, mimicked newspaper reading as a courtesy when in the company of white men. But today, countless papers have closed or consolidated, and magazines built on mass readership seek to limit (or "target") their subscriber base. Now Thomas C. Leonard captures this sea change in American history, exploring the reality and critical importance of print journalism in daily life. In News for All, Leonard provides a fascinating account of the love-hate relationship we have always had with the news, from the early nineteenth century to the present. Reading the news was once a central social function, as citizens eagerly gathered in taverns, inns, post offices, and elsewhere to hear the latest reports. During an era when travel was slow and when geography, religion, class, race, and language divided the nation, all shared the universal habit of taking a favorite paper. Readers formed an alliance with publishers, declaring their politics by what they read in an age of highly partisan editorial policies: there were papers for the women's movement, antislavery, temperance reform, political parties large and small. Men and women courted by exchanging their beloved papers. Other hot-blooded readers protested items that offended them politically, even forming mobs after publication of unfriendly news. The press prospered with the democratization of news: they welcomed the pennies of succeeding waves of immigrants, and engaged in devastating circulation wars that slashed the price of the daily paper. Press barons learned to adjust to the desires of readers (the young William Randolph Hearst, for example, learned that what his subscribers wanted was more advertising). The end of the twentieth century, however, has seen journalists pull back from readers. Magazines seek to limit their readers in order to the affluent public to attract advertising dollars; publishers market subscribers' names ruthlessly, often cooperating with big advertisers. And the development of other major media threatens the role of the printed page as the ultimate word. The idea of news for all, it seems, is a faded dream. America's insatiable appetite for news played a critical role in the growth of democracy, but never before have the readers, rather than the periodicals, been examined in detail. News for All bridges this critical gap, bringing to life the nation's cantankerous love affair with the press., "The American," wrote Victorian journalist Edward Dicey, "might be defined as a newspaper reading animal." Nineteenth-century taverns boasted of their newspapers as much as their drinks. Indeed, Americans' news-consumption habits were so obvious that Omaha Indians, on visits to St. Louis, mimicked newspaper reading as a courtesy when in the company of white men. But today, countless papers have closed or consolidated, and magazines built on mass readership seek to limit (or "target") their subscriber base. Now Thomas C. Leonard captures this sea change in American history, exploring the reality and critical importance of print journalism in daily life. In News for All , Leonard provides a fascinating account of the love-hate relationship we have always had with the news, from the early nineteenth century to the present. Reading the news was once a central social function, as citizens eagerly gathered in taverns, inns, post offices, and elsewhere to hear the latest reports. During an era when travel was slow and when geography, religion, class, race, and language divided the nation, all shared the universal habit of taking a favorite paper. Readers formed an alliance with publishers, declaring their politics by what they read in an age of highly partisan editorial policies: there were papers for the women's movement, antislavery, temperance reform, political parties large and small. Men and women courted by exchanging their beloved papers. Other hot-blooded readers protested items that offended them politically, even forming mobs after publication of unfriendly news. The press prospered with the democratization of news: they welcomed the pennies of succeeding waves of immigrants, and engaged in devastating circulation wars that slashed the price of the daily paper. Press barons learned to adjust to the desires of readers (the young William Randolph Hearst, for example, learned that what his subscribers wanted was more advertising). The end of the twentieth century, however, has seen journalists pull back from readers. Magazines seek to limit their readers in order to the affluent public to attract advertising dollars; publishers market subscribers' names ruthlessly, often cooperating with big advertisers. And the development of other major media threatens the role of the printed page as the ultimate word. The idea of news for all, it seems, is a faded dream. America's insatiable appetite for news played a critical role in the growth of democracy, but never before have the readers , rather than the periodicals, been examined in detail. News for All bridges this critical gap, bringing to life the nation's cantankerous love affair with the press.
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