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History of American Media
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Journalism
10th Grade
09/24/2008

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Partisian Press
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early American newspapers that aligned themselves with one political party, commonly placed during the Revolutionary Period

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Penny Press
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newspapers, from the mid-19th century, that were filled with news and read by a mass audience, included advertising and sold for a penny
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wire services
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a service that provides for a fee, news from around the world to publications that subscribe to it
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yellow journalism
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a sensational brand of journalism given to hoaxes, altered photographs, screaming headlines, frauds, and endless promotions of the newspapers themselves; derives from the name Yellow Kid, a cartoon character popular in the late 19th century
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muckrating
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journalism that crusades for socail justice or to expose wrongdoing
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shock jocks
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a radio disk Jockey who entertains his or her audience by saying outrageous, often vulgar or offensive things about people or situations
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global village
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the concept, so named by Marshall McLuhan, of the world as having become a more tightly interrelated community because of simultaneous broadcast of significant events
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computer-assisted reporting
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the use of various news databases and othe resources on the internet to facilitate the gathering of certain kinds of news information
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publick occurences
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first newspaper attempt in Boston, 1690, after one issue, British authorities surpressed the paper
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John Peter Zenger
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in 1735, he wrote articles in new york weekly journal criticizing the governor and was arrested and jailed on charges of seditious libel
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boston newsletter
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boston's first continually published newsletter started by John Campbell in 1704, first in the united states
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new york sun by Benjamin Day

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first newspaper with actual news, founded by Benjamin Day, and sold for only a penny, not as much opinions
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William Randolph Hearst
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notable yellow journalist of the new york world
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Jospeh Pulitzer
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other notable yellow journalist of the new york world
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Nelly Bly
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most famous woman journalist of her time, noted for her "stunts" or stories she made up herself, muckrated about issues of her time, often disguised herself
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Dr. Lee DeForest
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vacum tube made key breakthrough in radio, and maded first radio broadcast of the 1916 presidential election
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broadcasting companies and when they began

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  • NBC (National Broadcasting System)-1926
  • Columbia Broadcasting System-1927
  • Mutual Broadcasting System-1934, bought by ABC
  • ABC (American Broadcasting System)-1945

 

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Robert S. Abbott
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first to give African Americans a public forum for addressing civil rights and other issues, The Defender
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Horace Greeley
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established the new york tribune in 1841 and advocated many reform causes in its pages, (penny press era), muckrater
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Cornelia Walter
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first woman editor, editor of the boston transcript in the 1840's
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