The penny press in America : the first mass medium /
After the Civil War the conditions were just right for the establishment of the first large-circulation newspapers. See how Benjamin Day, James Gorden Bennett and Horace Greely revolutionized the newspaper by what was now defined as news, how news was gathered and written and how the newspaper was d...
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| Format: | Video VHS |
| Language: | English |
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Golden, Co. :
Instructional Video,
1998.
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| Summary: | After the Civil War the conditions were just right for the establishment of the first large-circulation newspapers. See how Benjamin Day, James Gorden Bennett and Horace Greely revolutionized the newspaper by what was now defined as news, how news was gathered and written and how the newspaper was distributed. All the conditions were just right for the start of a popular press - fast and powerful presses were invented, a mass audience was present and schools in American prepared an audience who could read. |
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| Item Description: | Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videocassette (23 min.) : sound, black and white with some color sequences ; 1/2 in. |
| Format: | VHS. |
| Production Credits: | Editor, Laurence Jankowski. |