PS 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Catholic Church Sexual Abuse Cases, William Randolph Hearst, Penny Press
19 Dec 2016
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What is the best source of news in the u. s. newspapers, television, or the. In the u. s. news is the product of private, profit-seeking business. Example of the rapidly expanding impact of the media. News is now cheaply and easily available. The news media are the organizations that: Transmit the news through some proprietary communications technology. Developed primarily as private business enterprises uncontrolled by government. But also suppliers of vital civic information. Competition to increase audiences for their news. However, the news media have undergone vast changes over time. Mid-1770s approximately twenty-five weekly newspapers were serving the colonies. Pamphlet -- most popular means of communicating. Required subsidies from parties to maintain themselves. Market size depended on price (and that depended on unit price). With the combination of steam power and better presses, economies of scale were finally achieved. The new york sun was the first paper to enlist the new technology.
