Table of Contents

Sowing the Seeds of RevolutionAbolition: Turning Americas Conscience Against the Sins of SlaverySlowing the Momentum for Womens RightsAttacking Municipal Corruption: The Tweed RingJournalism as Warmonger: The Spanish-American WarMuckraking: The Golden Age of Reform JournalismDefying the Ku Klux KlanFather Coughlin: Fomenting American Anti-Semitism via the Radio WavesCreating Rosie the Riveter: Propelling the American Woman into the Work ForceExposing Joe McCarthy: Televisions Finest HourPushing the Civil Rights Movement onto the National AgendaVietnam War: Bringing the Battlefield into the American Living RoomWatergate Forces the President to His KneesRush Limbaugh: Leading the Republican RevolutionHow the News Media Shape History: Focusing on the How

About the Author

Rodger Streitmatter teaches at the School of Communication at the American University in Washington, D.C. He is the author of Raising Her Voice: African-American Women Journalists Who Changed History and Unspeakable: The Rise of the Gay and Lesbian Press in America.

Reviews

From the beginning of the American experience, the press has played a role in shaping public events. Journalism historian and communications professor Streitmatter (Unspeakable: The Rise of the Gay and Lesbian Press in America, LJ 11/15/95) has selected 14 episodes in American history to illustrate the press's influence. He includes accounts of the exemplary media coverage of activities such as the abolition and Civil Rights movements, along with less honorable mention of the coverage of women's rights and the Spanish American War. While not a lot of details are included for each event, a bibliography for further reading is provided with each chapter. Designed for both the general public and as a supplement to college-level journalism history courses, this book should be purchased by both academic libraries and public libraries where journalism history circulates.‘Judy Solberg, George Washington Univ., Washington, D.C.