1. Journalism

2. Chapter 1: History of American Media Partisan press – early American newspapers that aligned themselves with a political party Penny press – from mid-19 th century, papers filled with news, read by a mass audience, including ads, and sold for a penny

3. Wire service – service providing, for a fee, news from around the world to publications subscribing to it. Ex. United Press (UP) & Associated Press (AP) Yellow journalism – brand of journalism with hoaxes, altered photos, screaming headlines, frauds, & endless promotions of the newspapers themselves Why? to boost circulation Modern examples?

4. Muckraking - journalism (particularly magazines) that crusades for social justice or to expose wrongdoing Ex. Status of blacks, child labor, patent medicine companies, meat-packing ind. Ex. McClure’s attacked big business Global village – concept (of Marshall McFuban) that the world has become a more tightly interrelated community because of simultaneous broadcasting

5. “shock jocks” – radio disk jockeys who entertain by saying outrageous, often vulgar or offensive, things about people or situations Ex. Howard Stern Computer-assisted reporting (CAR) – databases, crime logs, internet, bulletin boards, listservs, etc.

6. 1 st published newspaper: Publick Occurrences, Boston, 1690, Benjamin Harris What happened to it? not approved by British authority; only one publication 1 st continuously published newspaper? Boston News-Letter, John Campbell, 1704 Had government’s approval (very closely supervised)

7. John Peter Zenger? published NY Weekly Journal which acted as a voice giving rise to Whigs and printed articles criticizing Gov. Wm. Gosby charged with seditious libel (stirring up rebellion) (damaging false statements)

8. 1 st daily newspaper: Pennsylvania Evening Post, 1783 Early newspaper stories: little actual news; essays, editorials, ads (opinion pieces) Civil War caused stories to be short (inverted pyramid style) – telegraphs (wire service) aided transport of info

9. 1 st radio newscast: Wilson-Hughes presidential election results 3 major TV networks? NBC, CBS, ABC by 1945 1 st war covered by TV? Vietnam “Breaking story events”? NO!!! background info, possible causes, in- depth, trends, lifestyles, etc.