01921     2200277   4500001002100000005001500021035002000036008004100056020001800097041000800115082001100123084001700134100001900151245006400170260002900234300003800263500002500301520113400326650001501460990003001475990002601505990002601531990003001557990003001587990002601617INLIS00000000000340120221013035030  a0010-0520003401221013                |          | eng    a0-312-24777-X  aeng  a302.23  a302.23 WES r0 aWest, Darrel M14aRise and Fall of the Media Establishment /cDarrell M. West  aBoston :bBedford,c2001  axiii, 140p. :b: illus. ;c24 cm.  aIndeks : p.133 - 140  aThis book seeks to fill that void by taking an explicitly historical approach to the question of how reporters do their jobs and what kind of impact they have on politics and society. It document the rise and fall of the American media establishment from 1789 to 2000. The early days of our country did not feature a powerful media. The partisan excesses of the first few decades of our country's existence and the commercial tabloidism that followed weakened reporters and gave them scant public respect. With their tendency to mimic the views of party leaders and write sensationalistic accounts of crime and vice, nineteenth century journalists simply did not have much credibility or independent power. It is designed for use in several different courses: introduction to American politics, mass media, campaigns and elections, and American political development, among others. With its emphasis on readable case studies showing how journalists and editors have played different roles at various points in American history, it reveals how the media function and why the contemporary media have lost so much respect and clout. 4aMass Media  a11315/MKRI/MKRI-P/XI-2008  a11316/MKRI-P/XII-2008  a11316/MKRI-P/XII-2008  a11315/MKRI/MKRI-P/XI-2008  a11315/MKRI/MKRI-P/XI-2008  a11316/MKRI-P/XII-2008