COMM 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: John Peter Zenger, The New York Weekly Journal, South Carolina Gazette
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First mass medium to deliver news: for at least 200 years newspapers were the only mass media that delivered news. Newspaper was no longer the exclusive access to news. Concepts about what the public should know, when they should know it and who should decide what the public needs to know developed in america during a time when newspapers were the main focus of these discussions. Toward and independent press: the issue of government control of newspapers surfaced early in the history of the colonies. Initially, newspapers were a reflection of the british government, and news was subject to british approval. The british government subsidized (funded) many colonial newspapers. Publishers actually printed (cid:862)published by authority(cid:863) on the first page of the paper to demonstrate government approval: (cid:862)publick occurences(cid:863) 1st consecutive american paper: new england courant, First paper to not have british stamp of approval. He started the independent press: pennsylvania gazette. Benjamin franklin (philadelphia: new york weekly journal.
