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Challenges conventional wisdom and punctures the prominent myths about an important, but much-misunderstood, period in American journalism history.

Table of Contents

Preface Introduction Puncturing the Myths First Use: The Emergence and Diffusion of "Yellow Journalism" The Yellow Press and the Myths of Its Readership Not Likely Sent: The Remington-Hearst "Telegrams" Not to Blame: The Yellow Press and the Spanish-American War Defining the Legacies How Yellow Journalism Lives On: An Analysis of Newspaper Across 100 Years Echoes in Contemporary Journalism: Other Ways in Which the Yellow Press Lives On Preface Bibliography

About the Author

W. JOSEPH CAMPBELL an award-winning reporter during his 20-year career in journalism, is Assistant Professor in the School of Communication at American University. He is the author of The Emergent Independent Press in Benin and Cote d'Ivoire: From Voice of the State to Advocate of Democracy (Praeger, 1998).