MC 2000 Chapter : Newspapers9 24
Document Summary
Scholl"s lecture: newspapers didn"t exist before the printed press, which was invented in, there were originally restrictions on press for fear of sedition, merchants were the main audience for newspapers. Initially, newspaper publishers were appointed by local governors. In 1725, there was a trial of james franklin in boston: it ended pre-censorship in british colonies. 1830-65: newspaper still read by mostly elites because of illiteracy and high prices, steam-powered cylinder press, low-cost paper, rise of the common man , increased literacy rates. James gordon bennett (the new york herald) and horace greeley (the. 1880s mass circulation: changes, increase in literacy, larger city population, better distribution, merchants needed newspapers to reach huge audience, increased circulation. 1890s yellow journalism: changes in content & layout, color comics, photograph-filled sunday magazines, more entertainment sections, fight between two publishers josheph pulitzer and william randolph. 1910-1930s: hearst, scripps-howard, patterson-mccormick, block, ridder, gannet.
