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2. A City Editorial Page.
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PERIODICALS , *JOURNALISM , *NEWSPAPER publishing , *NEWSPAPERS , *NEWSPAPER circulation , *PRESS - Abstract
Editorial. Discusses the role of “The NewYork Times” journal. Recognition of the primary function of the paper in giving news while maintaining its local identity; Citation of the distribution of the paper in other U.S. states.
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- 2004
3. Looming large : America and the late-Victorian press, 1865-1902
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Nicholson, Robert and Taithe, Bertrand
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973.8 ,jokes ,Anglo-American ,popular culture ,journalism ,newspapers ,slang ,humour ,digitisation ,periodicals ,Britain ,America ,transnational ,transatlantic ,nineteenth-century ,Victorian ,press - Abstract
Widespread popular fascination with America, and an appreciation of American culture, was not introduced by Hollywood cinema during the early decades of the 20th century, but emerged during the late-Victorian period and was driven by the popular press. By the 1880s, newspaper audiences throughout the country were consuming fragments of American life and culture on an almost daily basis. Under the impulses of the so-called 'new journalism', representations of America appeared regularly within an eclectic range of journalistic genres, including serialised fiction, news reports, editorials, humour columns, tit-bits, and travelogues. Forms of American popular culture - such as newspaper gags - circulated throughout Britain and enjoyed a sustained presence in bestselling papers. These imported texts also acted as vessels for the importation of other elements of American culture such as the country's distinctive slang and dialects. This thesis argues that the late-Victorian popular press acted as the first major 'contact zone' between America and the British public. Chapter One tracks the growing presence of America in the Victorian press. In particular, it highlights how the expansion of the popular press, the widespread adoption of 'scissors-and-paste' journalism, the development of transatlantic communications networks and technologies, and a growing curiosity about life in America combined to facilitate new forms of Anglo-American cultural exchange. Chapter Two explores how the press shaped British encounters with American modernity and created a pervasive sense of a coming 'American future'. Chapter Three focuses on the importation, circulation, and reception of American newspaper humour. Finally, Chapter Four unpacks the role played by the press in the importation, circulation, and assimilation of American slang. It makes an original contribution to a number of academic disciplines and debates. Firstly, it challenges the established chronology of Anglo-American history; America gained a significant foothold in British popular culture long before the twentieth century. Moreover, this was not a result of a forcible American 'invasion' but a form of voluntary transatlantic exchange driven by the tastes and desires of British newspaper readers. Secondly, it argues that America's presence in late-Victorian popular culture has been underestimated by historians who have focused instead on domestically produced culture, engagements with Western Europe, and the cultural dimensions of Empire. Whilst the full extent of America's significance cannot be mapped out in one study, this thesis establishes the extent of America's cultural presence and makes the case for its insertion into future Victorian Studies scholarship. Thirdly, this thesis contributes to the growing field of press history. It maps out connections between British and American newspapers, exploring how the press served to move information between the old world and the new. Finally, this project acts as an early example of born-digital scholarship; a study conceived in response to the development of digital archives. As such, it contributes to discussions on digital methodologies and debates within the field of Digital Humanities. In particular, it demonstrates that digitisation allows researchers to research and write do new kinds of history; to ask new questions, make new connections, and develop new projects - to do things that we couldn't do before.
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- 2012
4. Soviet journalists: Starting to dig.
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Weinberg, Steve
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INVESTIGATIVE reporting ,JOURNALISM ,PERIODICALS ,JOURNALISTS ,NEWSPAPERS ,MASS media ,PRESS ,FREEDOM of the press ,PRESS & propaganda ,SOVIET Union politics & government, 1985-1991 ,GOVERNMENT policy - Abstract
This article discusses the increase of investigative journalism in the Soviet Union. The Soviet press has discovered the delights of the expose. It was also uncertain who had arranged for the tanks to be exported, and why, although the prime minister himself seemed to be involved in the deal, as was a joint state-private cooperative known as Automation-Science-Technology (with the Russian acronym ANT). Novoe Vremya correspondent Boris Balkarei tried to sort out the roles of Soviet government and party officials, ANT cooperative leaders, and a mysterious Sudanese businessman, who later sued the magazine for libel in a Russian court. Although Soviet TV and radio generally have continued to shy away from aggressive questioning of the government and party on national security and foreign policy stories, numerous newspapers and magazines took their lead from Ogonyok.
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- 1991
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5. Thread Control: Lessons from USA Today.
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Holahan, Catherine
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NEWSPAPERS ,PERIODICALS ,MASS media ,PRESS ,JOURNALISM ,ELECTRONIC newspapers - Abstract
This article discusses the lessons learned by the staff of "USA Today" from its online forum for readers. It describes the comments made by readers to articles and issues and the response to other readers to the comments. The comments in the online forum offended some readers. The staff decided to redesign the online arm of the national newspaper to include plenty of space for ordinary readers to "join the conversation." Newspapers and periodicals in the U.S. can learn from "USA Today."
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- 2007
6. THE MISANTHROPE'S CORNER.
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King, Florence
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JOURNALISM ,PUBLICITY ,PERIODICALS ,INTEREST (Psychology) ,PRESS ,MASS media ,NEWSPAPERS - Abstract
The article presents the author's reaction to the "Year in Review" magazine's round-ups of events in 1998. The quality of journalism in the U.S. has decline. There was a time when every big cities in the country had at least two dailies and newspapers compete to capture a well-informed public. At present, the American public seems to have declined too in their interest for news and information. Because people are already saturated by news and information year-ender reports no longer get their attention.
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- 1999
7. NEWSROOMS NEED SUN.
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NEWSPAPERS ,PERIODICALS ,PRESS ,JOURNALISM - Abstract
The article focuses on the issue of newspaper transparency discussed at the 2006 Sunshine Week in the U.S. beginning on March 12. As newspapers prepare to mark the second annual Sunshine Week, they must build on the first year's successes in demonstrating with vivid examples the vital stake ordinary Americans have in ensuring their access to public documents and government meetings. This year's Sunshine Week will involve newspapers and broadcast focusing attention on government access issues.
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- 2006
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