Media and Society Fall 2017

200 points, due by 11 a.m. Wednesday, November 15 — NO EXCEPTIONS!!!!! 500 words (minimum), typed, double-spaced, turned in in class. You must staple to your paper copies of the microfilm illustrating the issues you address. Here is the assignment: Analyze the Arkansas Gazette's coverage of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School during the 1957-58 school year. Look through issues starting September 1, 1957, paying particular attention to that week and to the week of September 25, 1957. Of course, you can look at other issues through May 1958, and I encourage you to do so. The more material you look at, the better your paper will be. In your paper, compare the 1957-58 newspaper (media) and society with today's media and society. You might look for color or the lack of, size of type, size of columns, ad content and display, word choice, subject matter, size of headlines, separation of sections, etc. Don't just look at the front page; look all the way th...

Chapter 4 Newspapers n    Journalism in the Making Ø    Wrestling with commercial interests & political powers Ø    Evolution of free press Ø    Battling censorship and commercialism Ø    Social responsibility & ethics n    Newspapers Emerge Ø    Corantos, early newsletters Ø    John Milton: ‘Marketplace of ideas’ Ø    1690: 1st colonial newspaper Ø    American publishers criticize British rule; Zenger case (1733) – Libel defined Ø    First Amendment n    Diversity in the Press Ø    Newspapers reflected diverse political views Ø    Native American press: Cherokee Phoenix Ø    African American press: Freedom’s Journal , North Star  (Frederick Douglas) n    The Penny Press Ø    1800s: better printers Ø    Growing literacy Ø    New York Sun : 1...

Chapter 3 outline Books and Magazines n    Early Print Media Ø    Greek epics (Odyssey) Ø    Japanese  Tale of Genji Ø    Chinese printing blocks Ø    Importance of monks Ø    Gutenberg press Ø    Growth of literacy Ø    Ideas about life and work n    The Gutenberg Revolution Ø    Gutenberg Bible (1455) Ø    Mass production of books, newspapers at low cost Ø    Beyond religious works: chapbooks, entertainment Ø    Libraries and bookstalls n    First lending library in 1602; England n    First American Print Media Ø    Bay Psalm Book  (1640) Ø    Poor Richard’s Almanack  (1732) Ø    Paine’s  Common Sense Ø    Subscription libraries Ø    Magazines, miscellanies Ø    Copyright Act of 1790 n    Royal...