MMC 2604 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Seditious Libel, Commercial Press, Sensationalism
23 Oct 2018
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The evolution of american newspapers: colonial newspapers and the partisan press. First newspaper: publick occurrences, both foreign and domestick: 1690 benjamin harris. First regularly published paper: boston news-letter: 1707 john campbell. 1734 zenger arrested for seditious libel: won case, gave printer rights. By 1765, 30 newspapers in american colonies. Commercial press: economic issues, business section, the penny press era: newspapers become a mass media. Day and the new york sun: 1833 benjamin day founded the new york sun. Priced at one penny, very popular: human-interest stories. Bennett and the new york morning herald: 1835, independent paper serving middle and working class readers. Changing economics and the founding of the associated press: penny papers were the rst to assign reporters to cover crime, regarded ads as consumer news, 1848 six ny papers formed a cooperative arrangement and founded the. First major news wire service: the age of yellow journalism: sensationalism and investigation.
