JL MC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Yello, Seditious Libel, Investigative Journalism
15 Dec 2016
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Newspapers: the rise and decline of modern journalism. Pennsylvania gazette (1729: operated by benjamin franklin, run with subsidies from political parties as well as advertising. New-york weekly journal (1733: owner arrested for seditious libel. Jury ruled in his favor, as long as stories were true. Two general types of newspapers: political. Pushed the plan of a political group: commercial. Served business leaders: readership primarily confined to educated or wealthy men. Women trailblazers: elizabeth timothy, south carolina gazette, 1738, first female newspaper publisher, anna maul zenger ran the new-york weekly journal duri(cid:374)g her hus(cid:271)a(cid:374)d"s trial a(cid:374)d after his death in 1946. The penny press era: newspapers become mass media. Pre-industrial revolution average paper cost 6 cents. Penny papers: emerged in 1830, made possible by technology. Machine made paper, steam-powered presses: sold on the street. New york sun: favored human-interest stories: news accounts that focus on the daily trials and triumphs of the human condition, often featuring ordinary individuals facing extraordinary challenges.
