04:189:102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: A Golden Age, The New York Times, Richard Harding Davis

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Communication and Informatio
• Course: 04:189:102
• Professor: Fredrika Thelandersson

Document Summary

First newspaper: publick occurrences, but lasted one issue. (cid:267)4 years later boston ews letter lasted 7(cid:268) years. Mostly foreign news, copied from other sources. Early u. s newspapers were aimed at educated well to do readers. 1833- ben day transformed newspapering when he introduced the ny sun at a cheap price. Made the writing appeal to people who were not as educated. Depended more on revenues from ad rather than sales. The subtle shifty the balance of power regarding content: From emphasizing what readers needed to know. Stemmed from a fight between joseph pulitzer and william randolph hearst. Battled for circulations with huge front page headline, sensational stories and stunt journalism. Called yellow era because of the (cid:324)yellow kid(cid:325) in a comic strip in pulitzer"s world, then to. But then newspaper realized they can reach mass audience by taking telegraph signals and relaying the information. First saw radio as a vehicle for promoting newspaper.