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Yellow Journalism Puncturing the Myths, Defining the Legacies
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W. Joseph Campbell
Book Code: B8113
ISBN: 0-275-98113-4
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-98113-6
240 pages, photos
Praeger Paperback
Publication: 3/30/2003
List Price: $35.00 (UK Sterling Price: £19.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Paperback
Also Available: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: The yellow press period in American journalism history has produced many powerful and enduring myths-almost none of them true. This study explores these legends, presenting extensive evidence that:

  • The yellow press did not foment-could not have fomented-the Spanish-American War in 1898, contrary of the arguments of many media historians.

  • The famous exchange of telegrams between the artist Frederic Remington and newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst-in which Hearst is said to have vowed to "furnish the war" with Spain-almost certainly never took place.

  • The readership of the yellow press was not confined to immigrants and people having an uncertain command of English, as many media historians maintain. The study also presents the results of a detailed content analysis of seven leading U.S. newspapers at 10-year intervals, from 1899 to 1999. The content analysis--which included the Denver Post, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Raleigh News and Observer, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, San Francisco Examiner and Washington Post--reveal that some elements characteristic of yellow journalism have been generally adopted by leading U. S. newspapers. This critical assessment encourages a more precise understanding of the history of yellow journalism, appealing to scholars of American journalism, journalism history, and practicing journalists.
    • Table of Contents:
    • Preface
    • Introduction
    • Puncturing the Myths
    • First Use: The Emergence and Diffusion of "Yellow Journalism"
    • The Yellow Press and the Myths of Its Readership
    • Not Likely Sent: The Remington-Hearst "Telegrams"
    • Not to Blame: The Yellow Press and the Spanish-American War
    • Defining the Legacies
    • How Yellow Journalism Lives On: An Analysis of Newspaper Across 100 Years
    • Echoes in Contemporary Journalism: Other Ways in Which the Yellow Press Lives On
    • Preface
    • Bibliography
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