Mightier Than the Sword: How the News Media Have Shaped American History by Streitmatter, Rodger
Mightier Than the Sword: How the News Media Have Shaped American History by Streitmatter, Rodger

Mightier Than the Sword: How the News Media Have Shaped American History

In this engaging examination of the media's influence on US history and politics, Rodger Streitmatter visits sixteen...
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Mightier Than the Sword: How the News Media Have Shaped American History by Streitmatter, Rodger

Mightier Than the Sword: How the News Media Have Shaped American History

$199.88
Mightier Than the Sword: How the News Media Have Shaped American History by Streitmatter, Rodger

Mightier Than the Sword: How the News Media Have Shaped American History

$199.88
Author: Rodger Streitmatter
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description

In this engaging examination of the media's influence on US history and politics, Rodger Streitmatter visits sixteen landmark episodes, from the American Revolution to the present-day fight for gay and lesbian marriage equality. In each of these cases, Streitmatter succinctly illustrates the enormous role that journalism has played in not merely recording this nation's history but also in actively shaping it. Mightier than the Sword offers students and professors a highly readable and accessible alternative to journalism history textbooks. Instead of trying to document every detail in the development of US media through dry, dull lists of names, dates, and headlines, this book focuses on sixteen discrete episodes that illustrate a point that is much larger than the sum of their parts: media have played and continue to play an enormous role in shaping this nation.

The fourth edition features an entirely new chapter on the way US media have championed various gay and lesbian rights initiatives, from the 2003 Lawrence vs. Texas sodomy case through the June 2013 Supreme Court decision striking down DOMA (the Defense of Marriage Act). Balancing criticism and celebration of news media and exploring both print and electronic platforms, Mightier than the Sword provides students with a sense of the power and responsibility inherent in the institution of journalism.



Author: Rodger Streitmatter
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 07/28/2015
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.95lbs
Size: 10.70h x 8.50w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780813349770

About the Author
A journalist and historian, Rodger Streitmatter is a leader in exploring how communication has helped shape the history of the United States. He is a professor of journalism at American University, where he has integrated his research into his teaching and created more than a dozen new courses including popular offerings on how the news media shape history, the role of dissident media, and the media and sexuality. He is a contributor to The Washington Post, The Advocate, and other periodicals, and as a journalism scholar, he has written for Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, American Journalism, and Journalism History, where he is a corresponding editor. He has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Journalism Historians Association, and on the Executive Committee of the History Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. He has received honors from the Virginia Press Association for his reporting, and from the American Journalism Historian Association as Outstanding Researcher.



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