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Columbia University Press After the Breakup Assessing the New PostATT
Book SynopsisOn January 8, 1982, the AT&T divestiture consent decree was announced. A company with $150 billion in assets--more than General Motors, General Electric, U.S. Steel, Eastman Kodak, and Xerox combined--the country's second largest employer with over a million employees, and the nations most widely held security with over three million shareholders, was to be broken up on the first day of 1984. Many economists, government officials, people in the telecommunications industry, and media observers predicted dire consequences for the best telephone system in the world. Years later, some experts claim the divestiture has been a great success. According to present AT&T Chairman and CEO, Robert Allen, long-distance rates have dropped, local rates have not increased as dramatically as predicted, more households are on the network, other long-distance and equipment companies now effectively compete wit hAT&T, and consumers have received more choices in products, better values, and lower prices. Trade Review[After the Breakup] represents the best source of information, by top experts, reviewing the events in U.S. telecommunications during the 1980s... It is, by definition, an important volume. Anyone interested in this field... will have to read this book. -- Paul Teske, State University of New York, Stony BrookTable of ContentsPreface About the Contributors Introduction - Barry G. ColeI. Policymakers and Policy Initiatives 1. Questions and Answers with the Three Major Figures of Divestiture -William F. Baxter and Charles L. Brown with Stanley M. Besen and Henry Geller -Judge Harold H. Greene 2. Policy Directions for the Future -William G. McGowan -Alfred C. Sikes -Sharon L. NelsonII. Structural Environment 3. Regulatory and Institutional Change -Glen O. Robinson -Philip L. Verveer -A. Gray Collins -Edward F. Burke 4. The State of Competition in Telecommunications -Bruce L. Egan and Leonard Waverman -Stanford L. Levin -Lee L. Selwyn -Nina Cornell -Martin G. Taschdjian -John R. WoodburyIII. Service Issues 5. Pricing of Telephone Services -Roger G. Noll and Susan R. Smart -Ronald G. Choura -Dennis L. Weisman -Susan D. Fendell 6. Service Quality -Rowland L. Curry -Jonathan M. Kraushaar -Robert M. Gryb -John R. Ake -Thomas E. Buzas, Stanford V. Berg, and John G. Lynch, Jr. -Lawrence P. Cole 7. Innovation and New Services -Walter G. Bolter and James W. McConnaughey -Elliot E. Maxwell -Jerrold Oppenheim -Bailey M. Geeslin -Thomas W. Cohen 8. Advances in Network Technology -Marvin A. Sirbu, Jr. -Bruce C. N. Greenwald -A. Daniel KelleyIV. Economic Issues 9. Telephone Penetration -Lewis J. Perl and William E. Taylor -Bridger M. Mitchell -Alexander Belinfante -Gene Kimmelman and Mark N. Cooper 10. Labor, Employment, and Wages -Wallace Hendricks and Susan C. Sassalos 11. Efficiency and Productivity -Robert W. Crandall -M. Ishaq Nadiri -Gerald W. Brock -Gerald R. Faulhaber 12. Issues of International Trade -Kenneth G. Robinson, Jr. -Eli M. Noam -Robert T. Blau -Michael D. Baudhuin -Timothy J. BrennanIndex
£76.00
Columbia University Press The Dream of a New Social Order
Book SynopsisThis study explores how magazines became the first mass medium in the USA and how they expressed a new American culture built on dreams of a better future. The author argues that the birth of the popular magazine at the turn of the 20th century laid the foundations of the modern consumer culture.
£52.70
Columbia University Press The Sounds of Commerce
Book SynopsisA detailed historical analysis of popular music in American film, from the era of sheet music sales, to that of orchestrated pop records by Henry Mancini and Ennio Morricone in the 1960s, to the MTV-ready pop songs that occupy soundtrack CDs of today.Trade Review[A] fascinating exploration of Hollywood film music since the 1960s. -- R. D. Cohen, Indiana University Northwest ChoiceTable of ContentsDid They Mention the Music? Banking on Film Music Sharps, Flats, and Dollar Signs My Huckleberry Friend The Midas Touch Every Gun Makes its Own Tune The Sounds of Commerce Pretty Women and Dead Presidents
£27.00
Columbia University Press George Gallup in Hollywood
Book SynopsisGeorge Gallup's polling techniques achieved fame when he predicted that Franklin D Roosevelt would be reelected president in 1936. This work traces Gallup's intellectual and methodological developments, examining his comprehensive approach to market research. It takes a look at the film industry's use of opinion polling in the 1930s and '40s.Trade ReviewA well-detailed account of this obscure chapter in cinema history... Recommended. Library Journal A fascinating and exciting book. -- Frank Louis Rusciano Public Opinion Quarterly An extremely valuable portrait of the shifting field in which Hollywood operated in the 1940s and an excellent study of t he ambivalent relationship between... moviemaking and marketing. -- Sarah E. Igo Business History Review Ohmer's book is a major achievement, and it will be a significant reference. -- Anne Morey Film Quarterly An innovative and fascinating study about the construction of discourse, power and control in the field of mass culture. -- Nolwenn Mingant CerclesTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments 1. What Do Audiences Want? 2. Guesswork Eliminated 3. The Laws That Determine Interest 4. America Speaks 5. Piggybacking on the Past 6. Singles and Doubles 7. Boy Meets Facts at RKO 8. David O. Selznick Presents: Audience Research and the Independent Producer 9. Gallup Meets Goofy: Audience Research and the Walt Disney Studio 10. Like, Dislike, Like Very Much Abbreviations Used and Collections Consulted Notes Index
£25.20
Columbia University Press News from Abroad
Book SynopsisA survey of foreign news coverage by the American media.Table of ContentsPart I. Does Foreign News Matter? Introduction: The Test of War Gatekeepers and Bookkeepers Getting the News from Abroad Broadcasting Part II. The Transformation of Foreign News Evolution, Not Revolution Abroad at Home News from Abroad for Those from Abroad The Electronic Newspaper Conclusion: The Journalistic Guerrillas
£90.00
Columbia University Press News from Abroad
Book SynopsisA survey of foreign news coverage by the American media.Table of ContentsPart I. Does Foreign News Matter? Introduction: The Test of War Gatekeepers and Bookkeepers Getting the News from Abroad Broadcasting Part II. The Transformation of Foreign News Evolution, Not Revolution Abroad at Home News from Abroad for Those from Abroad The Electronic Newspaper Conclusion: The Journalistic Guerrillas
£27.00
Columbia University Press Covering Violence
Book SynopsisA guide for becoming a sensitive and responsible reporter. Discussing such topics as rape and the ethics of interviewing children, it gives students and journalists a better understanding of what is happening on the scene of a violent event, including where a reporter can go safely and legally, and how to obtain the useful information.Trade Review[Simpson and Cote] offer a revised doctrine: that journalists at an accident or a disaster refrain from commando tactics and even try to be helpful, that victims should get respect and scrupulous coverage...and that journalists themselves can become secondary victims. Columbia Journalism ReviewTable of ContentsContents Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: Journalists and Violence Sharon Schmickle: Finding Peace in Covering a War A Little Boy, a Frantic Effort Sharon Schmickle 1. Assault on an Essential Human System 2. The Journalist: At Risk for Trauma 3. 9/11: Lessons from a Sunny Morning David Handschuh: The Meaning of Being There 4. Reporting at the Scene Marley Shebala: Adding Context to the Scene What Is a Navajo Leader? Marley Shebala 5. The Interview: Assault or Catharsis? Anh Do: Crossing Cultural Borders Hope: Caring for Newborns Inspires an Inmate to Start a Family?Bribing a Guard at Her Husband?s Prison So the Couple Can Be Together Anh Do 6. Writing the Trauma Story Sonia Nazario: Writing from the Inside Enrique?s Journey: Defeated Seven Times, a Boy Again Faces ?the Beast? Sonia Nazario 7. Pictures and Sounds of Trauma Fletcher Johnson: Eyewitness to Hell 8. Reporting About Children Jane O. Hansen: Moving Readers to Protect Children Selling Atlanta?s Children Jane O. Hansen 9. Columbine: A Story That Won?t Let Go 10. Reporting on Rape Trauma Debra McKinney: Charting the Course of Recovery Malignant Memories: It?s a Long Road Back to Recovery from Incest Debra McKinney 11. Using the Searchlight with Precision and Sensitivity Scott North: A Witness for the Community Family Supports Decision on Plea Deal; Answers Wait 21 Years Scott North 12. Oklahoma City: ?Terror in the Heartland? 13. Conclusions Guidelines for Journalists Who Cover Violence The Dart Award for Excellence in Reporting on Victims of Violence A Note About Trauma Training Resources for Journalists Bibliography Index
£80.00
Columbia University Press Covering Violence A Guide to Ethical Reporting
Book SynopsisA guide for becoming a sensitive and responsible reporter. Discussing such topics as rape and the ethics of interviewing children, it gives students and journalists a better understanding of what is happening "on the scene" of a violent event, including where a reporter can go safely and legally, and how to obtain the useful information.Trade Review[Simpson and Cote] offer a revised doctrine: that journalists at an accident or a disaster refrain from commando tactics and even try to be helpful, that victims should get respect and scrupulous coverage...and that journalists themselves can become secondary victims. Columbia Journalism ReviewTable of ContentsContents Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: Journalists and Violence Sharon Schmickle: Finding Peace in Covering a War A Little Boy, a Frantic Effort Sharon Schmickle 1. Assault on an Essential Human System 2. The Journalist: At Risk for Trauma 3. 9/11: Lessons from a Sunny Morning David Handschuh: The Meaning of Being There 4. Reporting at the Scene Marley Shebala: Adding Context to the Scene What Is a Navajo Leader? Marley Shebala 5. The Interview: Assault or Catharsis? Anh Do: Crossing Cultural Borders Hope: Caring for Newborns Inspires an Inmate to Start a Family?Bribing a Guard at Her Husband?s Prison So the Couple Can Be Together Anh Do 6. Writing the Trauma Story Sonia Nazario: Writing from the Inside Enrique?s Journey: Defeated Seven Times, a Boy Again Faces ?the Beast? Sonia Nazario 7. Pictures and Sounds of Trauma Fletcher Johnson: Eyewitness to Hell 8. Reporting About Children Jane O. Hansen: Moving Readers to Protect Children Selling Atlanta?s Children Jane O. Hansen 9. Columbine: A Story That Won?t Let Go 10. Reporting on Rape Trauma Debra McKinney: Charting the Course of Recovery Malignant Memories: It?s a Long Road Back to Recovery from Incest Debra McKinney 11. Using the Searchlight with Precision and Sensitivity Scott North: A Witness for the Community Family Supports Decision on Plea Deal; Answers Wait 21 Years Scott North 12. Oklahoma City: ?Terror in the Heartland? 13. Conclusions Guidelines for Journalists Who Cover Violence The Dart Award for Excellence in Reporting on Victims of Violence A Note About Trauma Training Resources for Journalists Bibliography Index
£27.00
Columbia University Press All the Art Thats Fit to Print And Some That
Book SynopsisThe never-before-told story of the world's first Op-Ed page.Trade ReviewA chronicle of late twentieth-century history, replete with sardonic images of tyrants and visual commentaries on the fall of communism; the works of Eastern Europeans who fled totalitarian regimes are some of the most challenging and resonant. In this overflowing treasure chest of ideas, politics and cultural critiques, Kraus proves that 'art is dangerous' and sometimes necessarily so. Publishers Weekly Readers will be entertained and come away with a deeper appreciation of the power of illustration. Library Journal Worth the price of the book is Kraus's 2 1/2-hour encounter with former President Richard Nixon. History Wire An intensely personal history of the [op-ed] page as it weathered tempests and tinpot tyrannies at the Times. Columbia Journalism Review As a memoir, Kraus's work provides colorful, intimate, and occasionally searing portraits of several high-ranking Times executives. -- Michael Socolow JHistory Part memoir, part art book, and part journalism history. But all parts are exemplary. -- Beth Haller American Journalism An excellent reminder of the power of editorial illustration. These images do so much more than break up the gray space of columns of text. This book gives life to an underappreciated, and often unexamined, form of visual journalism. Jounralism [This] provocative book examines the images that shattered the conventions of newspaper imagery. Huffington PostTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Prologue Origins The Seventies The Eighties The Nineties The Aughts Notes Index
£35.70
Columbia University Press All the Art Thats Fit to Print And Some That
Book SynopsisThe never-before-told story of the world's first Op-Ed page.Trade ReviewA chronicle of late twentieth-century history, replete with sardonic images of tyrants and visual commentaries on the fall of communism; the works of Eastern Europeans who fled totalitarian regimes are some of the most challenging and resonant. In this overflowing treasure chest of ideas, politics and cultural critiques, Kraus proves that 'art is dangerous' and sometimes necessarily so. Publishers Weekly Readers will be entertained and come away with a deeper appreciation of the power of illustration. Library Journal Worth the price of the book is Kraus's 2 1/2-hour encounter with former President Richard Nixon. History Wire An intensely personal history of the [op-ed] page as it weathered tempests and tinpot tyrannies at the Times. Columbia Journalism Review As a memoir, Kraus's work provides colorful, intimate, and occasionally searing portraits of several high-ranking Times executives. -- Michael Socolow JHistory Part memoir, part art book, and part journalism history. But all parts are exemplary. -- Beth Haller American Journalism An excellent reminder of the power of editorial illustration. These images do so much more than break up the gray space of columns of text. This book gives life to an underappreciated, and often unexamined, form of visual journalism. Jounralism [This] provocative book examines the images that shattered the conventions of newspaper imagery. Huffington PostTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Prologue Origins The Seventies The Eighties The Nineties The Aughts Notes Index
£27.00
Columbia University Press The Watchdog That Didnt Bark
Book SynopsisHow mainstream business news failed its readers and what it means for the future of the profession.Trade ReviewThe Watchdog That Didn't Bark, given its in-depth analysis across the landscape, steeped in history, and Starkman's keen understanding of the business of journalism, can stand as a potentially enduring case study of what went wrong and why. -- Alec Klein, director of the Medill Justice Project and award-winning investigative reporter formerly with the Washington Post Starkman is literally a reporter's reporter. As such, he gets to the bottom of the story of how the U.S. business press could miss the most important economic implosion of the past eighty years until it was too late, and he does so with prose that is intelligent, engaging, and erudite. I recommend The Watchdog without reservation. -- Eric Alterman, Brooklyn College, and media columnist, The Nation Here is the missing piece in the financial-crisis mystery: how did our vaunted business-journalism sector manage to miss the problem with mortgage-backed investments? The answer, as Dean Starkman shows us in this amazing autopsy, is that the business outweighs the journalism and that it is getting worse, not better, as we go forward. -- Thomas Frank, author of Pity the Billionaire: The Hard-Times Swindle and the Unlikely Comeback of the Right Journalism was complicit in the predation and corruption that brought down world financial markets and wrecked the lives of millions. Obsessed with shallow scoops, giddy from the laughing gas of access, financial journalists abjectly failed to connect dots, and left abusive, reckless, and criminal corporations free to drag the global economy into the abyss. Dean Starkman is the author we have been waiting for to tell this story. He not only puts forward a keen, subtle, and fair account of the journalistic default, he names names. -- Todd Gitlin, author of Media Unlimited: How the Torrent of Images and Sounds Overwhelms Our Lives With American journalism at sea, here comes a navigator who really knows its mission, the riptides it is facing, and the ports it must reach. Starkman tells it all with the heart, clarity, and dry wit that redeem business journalism even while showing how it lost its anchor and compass. -- Jim Sleeper, former editor and columnist at Newsday and the New York Daily News Journalists did not miss the subprime lending that spun into the devastating financial collapse of 2008. Excellent reporting was available, from the Financial Times to the Los Angeles Times to a small alternative publication, Southern Exposure. Yet Dean Starkman shows that even reporters who were on top of things buried the lead: the story was not new financial instruments, risky investments, or high-pressured Wall Street. The story was corruption. There were old-fashioned, greedy villains. Old-fashioned moralizing was called for. It would have had the advantage of being both true and fascinating. So how did so many fine journalists miss the big story? Read Starkman's powerful and disturbing analysis of how business journalism came to write for an audience of investors, not citizens. You may not share his every judgment, but this account has the advantage of being both true and fascinating. -- Michael Schudson, Columbia Journalism School, author of The Power of News As fair and balanced as a solar-plexus punch can be. Kirkus Reviews Starkman provides keen analysis of how the media failed in its mission at a crucial time for the U.S. economy. Booklist Compelling... Starkman offers an excellent and clear theoretical explanation for some of the problems with watchdog journalism generally. International Journal of Communication Detailed and fully satisfying... Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books The Watchdog That Didn't Bark adds greatly to our understanding of business journalism and the country's most recent financial meltdown. Starkman writes that it is intended for lay readers, but journalism students and historians will find much value here as well. H-NetTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Access and Accountability 1. Ida Tarbell, Muckraking, and the Rise of Accountability Reporting 2. Access and Messenger Boys: The Roots of Business News and the Birth of the Wall Street Journal 3. Kilgore's Revolution at the Wall Street Journal: Rise of the Great Story 4. Muckraking Goes Mainstream: Democratizing Financial and Technical Knowledge 5. CNBCization: Insiders, Access, and the Return of the Messenger Boy 6. Subprime Rises in the 1990s: Journalism and Regulation Fight Back 7. Muckraking the Banks, 2000-2003: A Last Gasp for Journalism and Regulation 8. Three Journalism Outsiders Unearth the Looming Mortgage Crisis 9. The Watchdog That Didn't Bark: The Disappearance of Accountability Reporting and the Mortgage Frenzy, 2004-2006 10. Digitism, Corporatism, and the Future of Journalism: As the Hamster Wheel Turns Notes Bibliography Index
£17.99
Columbia University Press Second Read
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewLet us now praise forgotten nonfiction. It is the fate of great journalism, perhaps, to fade away just a few decades after appearing. Yet that leaves for us the pleasures of rediscovery, which the essays collected in Second Read bring off in superb style. -- Thomas Frank, author of The Wrecking Crew and What's the Matter with Kansas? A book of journalism about books of journalism that are worth reading twice? The essays here honor their subject in the best possible way: they are so good, so rich, and so finely written, they deserve to be read again. -- David Hajdu, music critic for The New Republic and professor of journalism at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism contemporary journalists offer fresh looks at the work of previous generations in this rich collection.Daily News Daily News Second Read carries value for any writer, whether oft-published or a novice or in between. -- Steve Weinberg WriterTable of ContentsIntroduction Rick Perlstein on Paul Cowan's The Tribes of America Nicholson Baker on Daniel Defoe's A Journal of the Plague Year Dale Maharidge on James Agee's Let Us Now Praise Famous Men Robert Lipsyte on Paul Gallico's Farewell to Sport Marla Cone on Rachel Carson's Silent Spring Ben Yagoda on Walter Bernstein's Keep Your Head Down Evan Cornog on A. J. Liebling's The Earl of Louisiana Ted Conover on Stanley Booth's The True Adventures of the Rolling Stones Jack Shafer on Tom Wolfe's The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test Naresh Fernandes on Palagummi Sainath's Everybody Loves a Good Drought: Stories from India's Poorest Districts Chris Lehmann on Charles Raw, Bruce Page, and Godfrey Hodgson's Do You Sincerely Want to Be Rich? Connie Schultz on Michael Herr's Dispatches Michael Shapiro on Cornelius Ryan's The Longest Day Douglas McCollam on John McPhee's Annals of the Former World Scott Sherman on Marshall Frady's Wallace Gal Beckerman on Rian Malan's My Traitor's Heart John Maxwell Hamilton on Vincent Sheean's Personal History Tom Piazza on Norman Mailer's Armies of the Night Thomas Mallon on William Manchester's The Death of a President Miles Corwin on Gabriel Garcia Marquez's The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor David Ulin on Joan Didion's Slouching Towards Bethlehem Justin Peters on Peter Fleming's Brazilian Adventure Claire Dederer on Betty MacDonald's Anybody Can Do Anything Contributors
£68.00
Columbia University Press Second Read
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewLet us now praise forgotten nonfiction. It is the fate of great journalism, perhaps, to fade away just a few decades after appearing. Yet that leaves for us the pleasures of rediscovery, which the essays collected in Second Read bring off in superb style. -- Thomas Frank, author of The Wrecking Crew and What's the Matter with Kansas? A book of journalism about books of journalism that are worth reading twice? The essays here honor their subject in the best possible way: they are so good, so rich, and so finely written, they deserve to be read again. -- David Hajdu, music critic for The New Republic and professor of journalism at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism contemporary journalists offer fresh looks at the work of previous generations in this rich collection.Daily News Daily News Second Read carries value for any writer, whether oft-published or a novice or in between. -- Steve Weinberg WriterTable of ContentsIntroduction Rick Perlstein on Paul Cowan's The Tribes of America Nicholson Baker on Daniel Defoe's A Journal of the Plague Year Dale Maharidge on James Agee's Let Us Now Praise Famous Men Robert Lipsyte on Paul Gallico's Farewell to Sport Marla Cone on Rachel Carson's Silent Spring Ben Yagoda on Walter Bernstein's Keep Your Head Down Evan Cornog on A. J. Liebling's The Earl of Louisiana Ted Conover on Stanley Booth's The True Adventures of the Rolling Stones Jack Shafer on Tom Wolfe's The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test Naresh Fernandes on Palagummi Sainath's Everybody Loves a Good Drought: Stories from India's Poorest Districts Chris Lehmann on Charles Raw, Bruce Page, and Godfrey Hodgson's Do You Sincerely Want to Be Rich? Connie Schultz on Michael Herr's Dispatches Michael Shapiro on Cornelius Ryan's The Longest Day Douglas McCollam on John McPhee's Annals of the Former World Scott Sherman on Marshall Frady's Wallace Gal Beckerman on Rian Malan's My Traitor's Heart John Maxwell Hamilton on Vincent Sheean's Personal History Tom Piazza on Norman Mailer's Armies of the Night Thomas Mallon on William Manchester's The Death of a President Miles Corwin on Gabriel Garcia Marquez's The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor David Ulin on Joan Didion's Slouching Towards Bethlehem Justin Peters on Peter Fleming's Brazilian Adventure Claire Dederer on Betty MacDonald's Anybody Can Do Anything Contributors
£20.00
Columbia University Press The New Censorship
Book SynopsisDrawing on his experience defending journalists on the front lines, Joel Simon calls for a global freedom-of-expression agenda. He proposes ten key priorities, including combating the murder of journalists, ending censorship, and a global free-expression charter to challenge the criminal and corrupt forces that seek to manipulate the world's news.Trade ReviewFrom his vantage point as director of the Committee to Protect Journalists, Joel Simon has worked tirelessly to get kidnapped or imprisoned reporters freed. He's campaigned globally for justice in cases of murdered journalists. In The New Censorship, he warns us of new threats - like the insidious information management techniques of "democratators" Vladimir Putin and Recip Tayyip Erdogan. Simon's prescriptions for how to counter these new challenges are wise and insightful. He offers hope to all who care about maintaining the free flow of information in a world full of would-be censors. -- Ann Cooper, Columbia Journalism School Joel Simon is a warrior for press freedom and the place of journalists in every culture and country. Here he writes with characteristic passion and insight on the importance of fighting press censorship around the world, reminding us that we have new tools but old demons remain. -- Tom Brokaw, NBC News Fascinating and comprehensive, The New Censorship should become a bible for anyone seeking an honest, up-to-date grasp of the global state of press freedom. Well written and lucidly argued, this is a must-read. -- Jon Lee Anderson, staff writer for The New Yorker, author of Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life Simon's assessment of what it means to be a journalist and his call to action at book's end are moving and practical. A must-read. Booklist (starred review) Simon makes a persuasive case that the global trend is toward less, not greater, freedom of the press. New Yorker A case for why the goal of upholding 'press freedom' needs to expand, in the digital age, to defending 'freedom of information.' -- David Greenberg The American ProspectTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: A Murder in Pakistan 1. Informing the Global Citizen 2. The Democratators 3. The Terror Dynamic 4. Hostage to the News 5. Web Wars 6. Under Surveillance 7. Murder Central 8. Journalists by Definition 9. News of the Future (and the Future of News) Notes Selected Bibliography Index
£58.77
Columbia University Press Engaged Journalism
Book SynopsisExplores the changing relationship between news producers and audiences and the methods journalists can use to secure the attention of news consumers.Trade ReviewEngaged Journalism is a welcome addition to the ongoing discussion over how to define audience engagement, identify the best practices, and determine their effectiveness with regard to audience loyalty and revenue. The coverage and writing style are impeccable and engaging. -- Dan Kennedy, author of The Wired City: Reimagining Journalism and Civic Life in the Post-Newspaper Age In an era where the definition of being a journalist must expand to include the responsibility of getting more audiences to find and engage with your journalism, Batsell makes a compelling case, with great case studies, for why engagement matters, and how newsrooms can transform from being gatekeepers to a limited few into gate-openers for millions more. -- Raju Narisetti, senior vice president of strategy, News Corp., and former managing editor of the Washington Post This important and timely book is a must-read for journalism practitioners and students who need to understand the fundamental transformation of news from a one-way transmission of information to a conversation. As Batsell persuasively argues, 'engagement' isn't merely an industry buzzword. Listening to and building deeper relationships with audiences is not only key to building trust and loyalty, but is also a critical part of financial sustainability for news organizations. Batsell provides numerous examples from some of the most innovative news organizations on how they have approached engaging with their communities and what they have learned, offering a number of practical ideas and principles that can inform journalists' daily work. -- Carrie Brown, CUNY Graduate School of Journalism This book is stuffed with concrete examples, bringing the often-nebulous concept of audience engagement into the practical world. Batsell answers the 'why' of the strategies he discusses, not just the 'what' and the 'who,' and the book will be interesting to optimists invested in the future of news. -- Joy Mayer, Missouri School of Journalism, and director of community outreach, Columbia Missourian A must-read... Any thoughtful news consumer will appreciate the solid, first-hand reporting that Batsell shares on this important topic. Communications at Syracuse Blog Batsell's book is well researched and well written. It should be required reading for every journalist and every journalism student. Journalism and Mass Communication QuarterlyTable of ContentsForeword, by Mark Briggs Preface Acknowledgments List of Interviews Introduction: Why Engagement Matters 1. Face-to-Face Engagement: How News Organizations Build Digital Loyalty and Generate Revenue Through the "Original Platform" 2. News as Conversation: Not Just Informing but Involving the Audience 3. Mining Niche Communities: Serving Topical and Hyperlocal Audiences Through Digital and Mobile Platforms 4. Search, Explore, Play: Drawing Readers into Journalism Through Interactive Experiences 5. Sustaining Engaged Journalism: Measuring and Monetizing the Audience Relationship Conclusion Notes References Index
£22.50
Columbia University Press On Company Time
Book SynopsisOn Company Time tells the story of American modernism from inside the offices and on the pages of the most successful and stylish magazines of the twentieth century. Donal Harris draws out the profound institutional, economic, and aesthetic affiliations between modernism and American magazine culture.Trade ReviewOn Company Time alters forever an old story about literary modernism by showing that writers did not just take a paycheck from the big magazines. This rich and substantial consideration of the complex relations between major writers and mass-market publications shows how several modern styles were developed in collaboration by the magazines and the writers they employed. Donal Harris's account of this collaboration expands our notions of what American writing is and changes the history of how it came to be. -- Michael North, author of Novelty: A History of the NewWriting in response to both classic and recent scholarship that represents modernism as an insulated coterie endeavor, Harris convincingly and compellingly establishes that modernist authors were engaged with and appeared in mainstream magazines from the start. On Company Time enriches and expands our understanding of the dialectic between modernism and mass culture, revealing that what has frequently been seen as an antagonistic relationship was really a close collaboration that determined both the career arcs of major modernist authors and the design of mainstream magazines. Elegantly written and exhaustively researched, On Company Time is an eminent example of the new modernist studies. -- Loren Glass, author of Counterculture Colophon: Grove Press, the Evergreen Review, and the Incorporation of the Avant-GardeHarris's fascinating On Company Time is the book we have been waiting for to help us think through the significance of the commercially popular 'big magazines' that dominated the print-cultural landscape of modernity. Guiding us through magazine offices and showing us print technologies, publishing strategies, and periodical styles along the way, Harris deftly traces the mutual influence of modernism and the commercial magazines. Compelling, imaginative, and entertaining, this book provides an exhilarating new view of modern print culture. -- Barbara Green, University of Notre Dame, coeditor of the Journal of Modern Periodical Studies Drawing our attention to a set of major institutions that have until now remained hidden in plain sight of recent cultural history, On Company Time makes an extraordinarily rich and persuasive contribution to the study of American literary modernism. It is also a work of relentlessly lively intelligence and writerly charm. -- Mark McGurl, author of The Program Era: Postwar Fiction and the Rise of Creative WritingA welcome addition to the fields of periodical and New Modernist studies, particularly in its consideration of modernism’s vexed relationship with the mainstream. . . . Lucidly written and ambitious. * Journal of American Studies *Highly recommended. * Choice *Literary critics and magazine scholars alike should find merit in On Company Time. Scholars passionate about the history of magazine media will appreciate Harris’s research and relish details relevant to the development of the industry. -- Catherine Staub * Journal of Magazine Media *A nuanced and provocative study. . . . On Company Time offers new perspectives on some of the twentieth century’s most important writers and their relationship with some of the period’s most storied publications. * J-History *Donal Harris delivers an exceptionally thought out book that highlights the complexities that have shaped our modern magazine system. -- Brittany Fuller * Publishing Research Quarterly *On Company Time illuminates the intersections between American literature and journalism in the decades that witnessed the professionalization of both fields. * American Periodicals: A Journal of History & Criticism *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Making Modernism Big1. Willa Cather's Promiscuous Fiction2. Printing the Color Line in The Crisis3. On the Clock: Rewriting Literary Work at Time Inc.4. Our Eliot: Mass Modernism and the American Century5. Hemingway's Disappearing StyleAfterword: Working from HomeNotesBibliographyIndex
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Columbia University Press Barriers Down
Book SynopsisBarriers Down reveals the unexpected origins of freedom of information in political, economic, and cultural battles in the postwar period. Diana Lemberg traces how the United States shaped media around the world under the banner of the “free flow of information,” showing how the push for global media access acted as a vehicle for American power.Trade ReviewBarriers Down refutes the cliché that "information wants to be free." Instead, Lemberg details how the notion of barrier-free flow of information was contested in the late twentieth century and how a group of predominantly American diplomats, business leaders, and scholars secured its freedom. It is both timely and historically wise. -- David Engerman, author of The Price of Aid: The Economic Cold War in IndiaHistorians of U.S. global power have been curiously disinterested in the history of the media. In this wide-ranging and thought-provoking book, Diana Lemberg steps into the breach, reminding us just how many intellectuals, politicians, and diplomats spent the Cold War arguing about the future of global communications. -- Sam Lebovic, author of Free Speech and Unfree News: The Paradox of Press Freedom in AmericaLemberg offers us an innovative discussion of how the United States actively sought to remove obstacles to global media after 1945. Barriers Down ties the deeply political question of media openness to key issues during the postwar period: international development, the Cold War, national sovereignty, decolonization, and the collapse of empire. It provides a valuable and fresh perspective on central topics in international affairs. -- David Ekbladh, author of The Great American Mission: Modernization and the Construction of an American World OrderIn the 1940s and 1950s, the “free flow of information” became an American watchword. But this “flow” was neither free nor flowing nor even necessarily informational. Historian Diana Lemberg presents a critical biography of the famous phrase, whose leading advocates assumed information would move from the United States to the rest of the world and not the other way around. Barriers Down recovers long-forgotten debates that are more relevant than ever. -- Michael Schudson, author of The Rise of the Right to Know: Politics and the Culture of Transparency, 1945–1975Historians of technology will find this book useful in evaluating international political disagreements over the appropriate uses of radio, television, satellite, and digital communications technologies. * Technology and Culture *A rigorous and readable study at the intersection of media and politics, from which both media and international affairs scholars can profit. * Choice *Barriers down is a well-timed work of great relevance to historians, political scientists and policy-makers aiming to understand the connection between information infrastructure and geopolitics. Lemberg’s study represents a rigorous, interdisciplinary approach to a critical, ongoing policy discussion and will endure as perhaps the go-to tale of how truly global media came to be. * International Affairs *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Liberalizing Missions1. Freedom for Every Medium, Everywhere: Information Politics in the 1940s United States2. Quantifying and Qualifying Freedom of Information During the Early Cold War3. Information Flows and the Conundrum of Multilingualism4. Capacity as Freedom During the Development Decade5. Satellites and the End of Sovereignty6. Cultural Turns in the International Arena7. “A Global First Amendment War”: Freedom of Information on the Verge of the Neoliberal EraEpilogue: Free Flow Bytes Back?AcknowledgmentsNotesSelected BibliographyIndex
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Columbia University Press Barriers Down
Book SynopsisBarriers Down reveals the unexpected origins of freedom of information in political, economic, and cultural battles in the postwar period. Diana Lemberg traces how the United States shaped media around the world under the banner of the “free flow of information,” showing how the push for global media access acted as a vehicle for American power.Trade ReviewBarriers Down refutes the cliché that "information wants to be free." Instead, Lemberg details how the notion of barrier-free flow of information was contested in the late twentieth century and how a group of predominantly American diplomats, business leaders, and scholars secured its freedom. It is both timely and historically wise. -- David Engerman, author of The Price of Aid: The Economic Cold War in IndiaHistorians of U.S. global power have been curiously disinterested in the history of the media. In this wide-ranging and thought-provoking book, Diana Lemberg steps into the breach, reminding us just how many intellectuals, politicians, and diplomats spent the Cold War arguing about the future of global communications. -- Sam Lebovic, author of Free Speech and Unfree News: The Paradox of Press Freedom in AmericaLemberg offers us an innovative discussion of how the United States actively sought to remove obstacles to global media after 1945. Barriers Down ties the deeply political question of media openness to key issues during the postwar period: international development, the Cold War, national sovereignty, decolonization, and the collapse of empire. It provides a valuable and fresh perspective on central topics in international affairs. -- David Ekbladh, author of The Great American Mission: Modernization and the Construction of an American World OrderIn the 1940s and 1950s, the “free flow of information” became an American watchword. But this “flow” was neither free nor flowing nor even necessarily informational. Historian Diana Lemberg presents a critical biography of the famous phrase, whose leading advocates assumed information would move from the United States to the rest of the world and not the other way around. Barriers Down recovers long-forgotten debates that are more relevant than ever. -- Michael Schudson, author of The Rise of the Right to Know: Politics and the Culture of Transparency, 1945–1975Historians of technology will find this book useful in evaluating international political disagreements over the appropriate uses of radio, television, satellite, and digital communications technologies. * Technology and Culture *A rigorous and readable study at the intersection of media and politics, from which both media and international affairs scholars can profit. * Choice *Barriers down is a well-timed work of great relevance to historians, political scientists and policy-makers aiming to understand the connection between information infrastructure and geopolitics. Lemberg’s study represents a rigorous, interdisciplinary approach to a critical, ongoing policy discussion and will endure as perhaps the go-to tale of how truly global media came to be. * International Affairs *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Liberalizing Missions1. Freedom for Every Medium, Everywhere: Information Politics in the 1940s United States2. Quantifying and Qualifying Freedom of Information During the Early Cold War3. Information Flows and the Conundrum of Multilingualism4. Capacity as Freedom During the Development Decade5. Satellites and the End of Sovereignty6. Cultural Turns in the International Arena7. “A Global First Amendment War”: Freedom of Information on the Verge of the Neoliberal EraEpilogue: Free Flow Bytes Back?AcknowledgmentsNotesSelected BibliographyIndex
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Columbia University Press On Becoming a Rock Musician Legacy Editions
Book SynopsisIn On Becoming a Rock Musician, the sociologist H. Stith Bennett observes what makes a rock musician and then persuades others to take him seriously.Trade ReviewThe information captured in these pages remains as relevant today as it was thirty years ago when rock and roll was still in its nova stage. Bennett's book is perhaps the only one of its kind to explain the relatively inscrutable process of how one finds their own 'sound,' and in so doing, he expands the reach of sociology deeper into the meaning of social music. A rare combination of scholarship and street smarts. -- Ben Sidran, host of NPR's Jazz Alive At long last back in print and with a foreword by Howard Becker! This book is indispensable for any ethnomusicology of contemporary pop music. H. Stith Bennett brings the resources of phenomenology to the sociology of pop and rock music, meaning not only field work but method. Bennett's celebrated notion of recording consciousness is the key to On Becoming a Rock Musician, yet the book as a whole shows the reader how ethnomusicology is done. -- Babette Babich, author of The Hallelujah Effect: Music, Performance Practice, and TechnologyTable of ContentsForeword to the Legacy Edition, by Howard S. Becker Preface A Guide for the Reader Acknowledgments Part I. Group Dynamics 1. Introduction 2. Group Definition and Redefinition Part II. Rock Ecology 3. Instruments and "the Outside World" 4. Equipment and the Band Van 5. Gigs Part III. Mastering the Technological Component 6. Technology and The Music 7. The Realities of Practice Part IV. Performance: Aesthetics and the Technological Imperative 8. Playing 9. "Other People's Music" Afterword Appendix: Loudness and Equalization Notes Bibliography Index
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University of Illinois Press Women Making News
Book SynopsisExplores how British female subjects themselves forged a wide range of new political identities through the pages of their press. This book reveals the important relationship between print culture and the gender politics that provided a vehicle for women's mobilization in the political culture of modern Britain.Trade Review"Tusan's Women Making News: Gender and Journalism in Modern Britain offers a richly researched analysis that advances women's journalism history beyond fragmentary accounts of individual experience to place the women's advocacy press a center of the cultural and political emergence of the British woman citizen between 1856 and 1930. . . . The book is the most intellectually ambitious and creatice book on women's journalism history that I can remember in the past decade."--JHistory"[Tusan's] detailed treatment of the journals and a splendid appendix make this book an invaluable tool for researchers in British women's history. Tusan has done a real service to women's historians by writing such a thorough survey of the women's advocacy press. Those wishing to draw on women's periodicals in their research, and those wishing to historicize the journals they are working with already, will find Tusan's book an invaluable reference."--American Historical Review
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University of Illinois Press Embargoed Science
Book SynopsisReveals the process behind science news: an elite few scholarly journals control press coverage through a mechanism known as an embargo. This title offers an exploration of the embargo's impact on public knowledge of science and medical issues.Trade Review"[A] compelling critique of the self-aggrandizing embargo system that currently rules scientist-editor-reporter relations. . . . Kiernan wins the argument about embargoes cleanly and comprehensively."--Science"Short, concise, and well referenced . . . a must read for all present and future science reporters."--Choice
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University of Illinois Press The Scripps Newspapers Go to War 191418
Book SynopsisBefore radio and television, E. W. Scripps's twenty-one newspapers, major newswire service, and prominent news syndication service comprised the first truly national media organization in the United States. Dale E. Zacher details the scope, organization, and character of the mighty Scripps empire during World War I and reveals how the pressures of the market, government censorship, propaganda, and progressivism transformed news coverage. Zacher's account delves into details inside a major newspaper operation during World War I and provides fascinating accounts of its struggles with competition, attending to patriotic duties, and internal editorial dissent. Zacher also looks at war-related issues, considering the newspapers' relationship with President Woodrow Wilson, American neutrality, the move to join the war, and fallout from disillusionment over the actuality of war. As Zacher shows, the progressive spirit and political independence at the Scripps newspapers came under attack andTrade Review"There are few more combistible combinations than a father, a son, and a newspaper chain. . . . The story is told effectively ... and is an excellent addition to the flourishing Illinois 'History of Communication' series."--Columbia Journalism Review"Straightforward, rich in detail, and free of scholarly abstruseness and jargon. . . . Highly recommended."--Choice“Zacher has dug deep into the Scripps archives to tell [a story] about the tensions surrounding the coverage of war—or of any national crisis—and how they can affect the ideals to which journalists cling.”--Journalism History“This study is valuable not only for expanding what we know of the Scripps empire, but also for what is perhaps the first case study of how a large news media organization adapted to the challenges of World War I.”--American Journalism“Provides new insights into the chain’s decision making in wartime.”--Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly"Zacher's account ... is detailed and often absorbing. Based on scrupulous research in the Scripps organization's archives, he leaves few stones unturned."--American Historical Review"The Scripps Newspapers Go to War is a fascinating, well-written, and well-documented chronicle of a company going through great change. Zacher captures the Scripps concern during a period of real challenges--dealing with Woodrow Wilson; going through the beginning of World War I; experiencing generational changes in ownership and management; and undergoing transitions within the company as it grows in power, prestige, and wealth."--Gerald Baldasty, author of E. W. Scripps and the Business of Newspapers"Anyone interested in the role of an important communications organization in helping impel the nation toward war should find The Scripps Newspapers Go to War fascinating, and somewhat frightening, reading. The importance of the nation's first national news organization--composed of twenty-one newspapers, the Newspaper Enterprise Association, and the second largest wire service--has not received the attention it deserves until now."--Dwight I. Teeter Jr., coauthor of Fanatics and Fire-Eaters: Newspapers and the Coming of the Civil WarTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. The concern: June 27, 1914 13 2. Seeds Get Planted: June 1914 to May 1915 32 3. Harsh Realities: May to November 1915 58 4. "Genuine Enthusiastic Support": November 1915 to November 1916 81 5. Democracy versus Autocracy: December 1916 to July 1917 106 6. "To Advocate a Policy and to Yourself Meet Its Requirements": July to December 1917 137 7. Reconsidering an "Ostrich Type of Patriotism": 1918 172 Conclusion: "Harder . . . to Be of Public Service" 211 Notes 225 Bibliography 279 Index 281
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MO - University of Illinois Press Global TV New Media and the Cold War 194669
Book SynopsisExploring the relationship between the growth of global media and Cold War tensions and resolutionsTrade Review“The historical background Schwoch provides is certainly relevant as a backdrop to the US’s involvement with electronic information networks in the 21st century . . . . This is a readable, well-researched study.”--Choice"Vital to our understanding of global media."--Cinema Journal"An ambitious and informative study."--American Historical Review“A wholly original, well-researched, and superbly written account of the development of global television set within the intertwined contexts of American foreign policy, psychological warfare, and information diplomacy during the years 1946–69. Stimulating and enjoyable.”--John T. Caldwell, author of Production Culture: Industrial Reflexivity and Critical Practice in Film and Television“The sheer joy that Schwoch takes in hauling curiosities out of the archives is contagious. The result is a portrait that brings forth many treasures, some comic, some poignant, from the Cold War era, and also provides some serious food for thought in considering current U.S. policy about international media and goodwill building.”--John Durham Peters, author of Courting the Abyss: Free Speech and the Liberal TraditionTable of ContentsAcknowledgments xi Abbreviations xiii Introduction 1PART 1: THE FIRST STRAND 1. "A Facet of East-West Problems" 17 2. "A Western Mind Would Consider This Kind of Spectacle as Stupid" 31 3. "The Key to Many of These Countries Is Not the Mud Hut Population" 43 4. "A Group of Angry Young Intellectuals" 61PART 2: THE SECOND STRAND 5. "We Can Give the World a Vision of America" 79 6. "A Record of Some Kind in the History of International Communication" 94 7. "Something of That Sense of World Citizenship" 118 8. "A New Idea Capable of Uniting the Thoughts of People All Over the Earth" 139 Epilogue: "To Speak with a Single Voice Abroad" 157 Notes 175 Selected Bibliography 207 Index 213Illustrations follow pages 76 and 138
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University of Illinois Press Normative Theories of the Media
Book SynopsisA contemporary analysis of mass media and modern democracyTrade ReviewAwarded the Frank Luther Mott-Kappa Tau Alpha Research Award for best research-based book on journalism/mass communication, 2010. "[The contributors] see four roles for the press: a monitor of events in the world, a facilitator of democratic decision making, a radical communicator free of any restraint, and a collaborator with those in power. Each of these four is explained in detail, with many excellent examples. . . . Highly recommended.”--Choice"A deeper and more satisfactory approach to tackling many of the issues first raised in Four Theories [of the Press]."--Australian Journalism Review"This long-awaited book by a group of the most distinguished scholars of journalism and the media will define the terms of discussion of normative theory for the next generation."--John C. Nerone, coauthor of The Form of News: A HistoryTable of ContentsPreface; Introduction: Beyond Four Theories of the Press; Part One: Normative Theory; Chapter 1. Evolution of Normative Traditions; Chapter 2. Characteristics of Normative Theory; Part Two: Democracy; Chapter 3. Principles and Practice of Democracy; Chapter 4. Roles of News Media in Democracy; Part Three: Roles; Chapter 5. Monitorial Role; Chapter 6. Facilitative Role; Chapter 7. Radical Role; Chapter 8. Collaborative Role; Prospects; Conclusion; References
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MO - University of Illinois Press King of the Queen City
Book Synopsis King of the Queen City is the first comprehensive history of King Records, one of the most influential independent record companies in the history of American music. Founded by businessman Sydney Nathan in the mid-1940s, this small outsider record company in Cincinnati, Ohio, attracted a diverse roster of artists, including James Brown, the Stanley Brothers, Grandpa Jones, Redd Foxx, Earl Bostic, Bill Doggett, Ike Turner, Roy Brown, Freddie King, Eddie Vinson, and Johnny 'Guitar' Watson. While other record companies concentrated on one style of music, King was active in virtually all genres of vernacular American music, from blues and R & B to rockabilly, bluegrass, western swing, and country. A progressive company in a reactionary time, King was led by an interracial creative and executive staff that redefined the face and voice of American music as well as the way it was recorded and sold. Drawing on personal interviews, research in newspapers and periodicals, anTrade Review Awarded a Certificate of Merit by the Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC) for Best Research in Record Labels, 2010. "Fascinating biography on Syd Nathan's King Records. 4 stars."--MOJO "This is a remarkable achievement. . . . Jon Hartley Fox is to be thanked for his impressive addition to the popular music literature."--Jazz & Blues Report"In Jon Hartley Fox's well-researched new book, he shows how label founder Syd Nathan, a brusque, cigar-chomping record man with a knack for spotting recording talent and hits, built King to provide music by and for 'the little people' the majors ignored."-American Songwrite "Fox and the University of Illinois Press have given us an important book about a very important operation. Thank you."--Oxford American"As entertaining and dynamic a story as the music that inspired it."--Metro Times "Fox makes a great case for the influence and importance of King Records, touching on the label's efforts in chapters dedicated to each style of music the label recorded. One chapter is appropriately dedicated to the label's biggest star, James Brown, and Fox talks about the label's interracial staff and early 'do it yourself' aesthetic with lively prose that will entertain any reader."--About.com: Blues“An interesting but complicated book. . . . I highly recommend it.”--Appalachian Heritage"A much needed glimpse of an underappreciated pop culture institution."--Publishers Weekly "An absorbing read. 4 stars"--Record Collector "An excellent biography of an independent label that became a major player in the record game."--Downbeat "A superb book."--Nashville City Paper "A fine book written with love and care by somebody who knows the business and the music, and hasn't lost his way." --NoDepression.com "In its time--1943 to the late 1960s--King Records was absolutely unique, and it deserves a unique account of its history. King of the Queen City is that account: focused, thoroughly researched, well written, and filled with vital information about America's most important independent record label."--Nolan Porterfield, author of Jimmie Rodgers: The Life and Times of America's Blue Yodeler "As a longtime fan of King artists such as Freddie King, Wade Mainer, and the Spirit of Memphis, I have waited patiently for someone to write a book about King Records. King of the Queen City relates the fascinating story of Syd Nathan's life's work and his sometimes eccentric record company."--Kip Lornell, author of The NPR Curious Listener's Guide To American Folk MusicTable of ContentsForeword by Dave Alvin; Preface; 1. Syd Starts A Record Company: The Early Years, 1943-1944 1; 2. The Hillbilly Boogie: Country Music on King Records, Part 1 19; 3. The King Gets A Queen: The Short but Important Life of Queen Records 37; 4. Henry Glover: An Unsung Hero of American Music 43; 5. Good Rockin' Tonight: Rhythm & Blues on King Records, 1947-1954 52; 6. Where The Hell's The Melody? Country Music on King Records, Part 2 69; 7. Business As Usual Was Pretty Unusual: Behind the Scenes at King Records 81; 8. Masters of the Groove: Earl Bostic, Bill Doggett and The Honkin' Tenors 103; 9. I'll Sail My Ship Alone: Country Music on King Records, Part 3 120; 10. Record Man: Ralph Bass and Federal Records 140; 11. The Sixty-Minute Men: Rhythm & Blues Vocal Groups on King Records 153; 12. You Give Me Fever: Solo R & B Singers on King Records 176; 13. Every Time I Feel The Spirit: Black Gospel Music on King Records 191; 14. How Mountain Girls Can Love: Bluegrass Music on King Records 207; 15. Let's Have A Natural Ball: The Blues on King Records 226; 16. That Ain't Nothin' But Right: Rockabilly and Rock and Roll on King Records 248; 17. The Hardest Working Man in Show Business: Mr. James Brown 269; 18. Brother Claude Ely and Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis: The Rest of the Catalog 290; 19. Life After Death: King Records, 1968-2007 299; 20. 'We Broke the Shit Down': The Meaning of King Records 318; Chapter Notes 333; Sources 352; Index
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University of Illinois Press Pacific Citizens
Book SynopsisDiscusses the power of the press in Japanese American historyTrade Review"This collection of the couples' personal letters and articles in the Pacific Citizens, and other publications is a positive example of how the United States corrects its errors and learns from them. . . . A welcome addition to the University of Illinois Press Asian American Experience series, providing fascinating insights into the struggles of Japanese Americans during the 20th century."--Journalism History"Fills a gap in the historical record by examining the main Japanese American newspaper published outside the camps. Pacific Citizens would be a welcome addition to college journalism classes about race, class, and gender."--Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly"A complex and nuanced portrait of Larry and Guyo Tajiri, the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) newspaper, Pacific Citizen, and the National JACL."--Nichi Bei"Pacific Citizens is an extraordinary piece of historical scholarship. Robinson possesses the rare facility among professional historians of being analytically rigorous while at the same time writing in narrative prose characterized by grace and accessibility."--Arthur A. Hansen, coeditor of Reflections on Shattered Windows: Promises and Prospects for Asian American Studies
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University of Illinois Press In It for the Long Run
Book Synopsis Inspired by the Hank Williams and Leadbelly recordings he heard as a teenager growing up outside of Boston, Jim Rooney began a musical journey that intersected with some of the biggest names in American music including Bob Dylan, James Taylor, Bill Monroe, Muddy Waters, and Alison Krauss. In It for the Long Run: A Musical Odyssey is Rooney''s kaleidoscopic first-hand account of more than five decades of success as a performer, concert promoter, songwriter, music publisher, engineer, and record producer.As witness to and participant in over a half century of music history, Rooney provides a sophisticated window into American vernacular music. Following his stint as a 'Hayloft Jamboree' hillbilly singer in the mid-1950s, Rooney managed Cambridge''s Club 47, a catalyst of the ‘60’s folk music boom. He soon moved to the Newport Folk Festival as talent coordinator and director where he had a front row seat to Dylan 'going electric.'In the 1970s RooTrade Review "I know how lucky I am to have connected with Jim all those years back when I was just starting out. He always had a way of lifting us all up out of the everyday. We never forgot that we were trying to make music that'd help people get THROUGH the everyday, but, ironically, you have to get on up out of it for awhile in order to do that. Jim always made that possible for me." --Iris DeMent "Without Jim Rooney's early encouragement, I would not have a career." --Nanci Griffith "Rooney is best known for producing records by people like John Prine, Townes Van Zandt and Nanci Griffith. . . . Fortunately for readers, he's also a gifted storyteller, with a humorous sense of perspective and wry self-awareness. Could you really ask for anything more from a musician's memoir?"--Nashville Scene"A love letter to friendship and music."--The Tennessean"Wonderful fellow with an interesting life equals great story."--John Prine"As a singer and entertainer, record producer and song publisher, Jim Rooney has been right smack in the middle of so much authentic American music for over 50 years. His guiding hand has helped launch and expand the careers of a host of great artists and I can't imagine the arc of my own success without the benefit of Jim's natural musical integrity and generous support."--Pat Alger, member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Georgia Music Hall of Fame“If it were not for Jim Rooney, I could have never negotiated my way through the jungle that is Nashville. We made two wonderful records together and had a blast doing them.”--Robert Earl Keen
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MO - University of Illinois Press Heroes and Scoundrels The Image of the
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A perceptive study of an enduring and tantalizing question: What do they think of us? Ehrlich and Saltzman craft a persuasive, sometimes painful, sometimes hilarious montage of the omnipresence of journalists in popular culture. But the book does more than that. The authors work also tells us a great deal about the powerful and defining role of popular culture itself." --Richard Reeves, author of President Kennedy: Profile of Power"Authors Matthew C. Ehrlich and Joe Saltzman have done a painstakingly thorough job of marshaling, assembling, organizing, and setting down in print the vast amount of material that makes up our popular culture's representation of journalism and the men and women who commit it. . . . The subject matter holds plenty of interest for readers drawn to the popular media, and that's a lot of us; that's why it's cold the popular media."--The Santa Fe New Mexican "Authors Matthew Ehrlich and Joe Saltzman make a convincing case that fictional journalists are both ubiquitous and significant in pop culture-- in plays, movies, television, novels, short stories, comic strips, graphic novels, video games, and so on… With scores of examples and an extensive appendix of media sources, Heroes and Scoundrels is a terrific resource for courses in mass communication and society, contemporary issues in journalism, journalism ethics, media history, and related courses."--Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly "Ultimately, anyone who studies media portrayals or public perceptions of journalists would benefit greatly from reading this book and incorporating it into their teaching and research."--Journalism and Mass Communication Educator"Stimulating and thought-provoking. . . . No other work comes close to covering the subject as broadly."--Maurine H. Beasley, author of Women of the Washington Press: Politics, Prejudice, and Persistence"The assumption behind Heroes and Scoundrels: The Image of the Journalist in Popular Culture is that the audience's perception of the messenger shapes the message. That's hardly a new idea but, applied to journalism in a democracy, it's vastly significant. For example, it turns out that, while the media have been transformed by technology, archetypal images of journalists have persisted. Maybe everything hasn't changed all that much after all. That, along with other important insights gained from formidable research, will help both journalists and their audiences better understand the news of the future. Besides, it’s fun to read all those stories."--Warren Olney, Host and Executive Producer, "To the Point" and "Which Way, LA?", KCRW-FM"A great read that showcases depictions of journalists over the past century in popular culture. Its thoughtful analysis integrates cultural theory with media concepts and provides important historical context that will interest professionals and academics alike."--Bonnie Brennen, author of Qualitative Research Methods for Media Studies"Using a multidisciplinary approach that draws on everything from language studies to cultural studies, Matthew C. Ehrlich and Joe Saltzman creatively and entertainingly address the history of the journalist’s image, 1890 to the present. Fascinating chapters focus on the images of photographers, war correspondents, gay and lesbian journalists, journalists of color, women journalists, and journalists of the sci fi future. The dueling myths of the journalist as hero and scoundrel, the book persuasively argues, raise questions about the enduring tension in society between the press as a force for freedom and a tool of oppression."--Loren Ghiglione, author of CBS's Don Hollenbeck: An Honest Reporter in the Age of McCarthyism
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MO - University of Illinois Press The Real Cyber War The Political Economy of
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewInternational Communication Book Award, International Studies Association, 2017. "Shawn M. Powers and Michael Jablonski’s seminal new book The Real Cyber War. . . . will help to inspire a change in course that will restore the internet to what it might become (and what many thought it was supposed to be): an engine for democracy and social and economic progress, justice, and equity.”--Boundary 2“Powers and Jablonski execute the close knitting that is the hallmark of careful political economy work — The Real Cyber War documents the interests at play in contemporary international communication and issues a clarion call to think otherwise about how the Internet might serve global interests rather than parochial ones.”--Journal of Communication"The Real Cyber War serves as an excellent analysis of where we are now and sets the agenda for the coming years."--Information, Communication & Society "Powers and Jablonski take a unique approach to the concept of cyber war, focusing on the very architecture of the internet itself. Recommended."--Choice"In their excellent book, The Real Cyberwar: The Political Economy of Internet Freedom, Shawn Powers and Michael Jablonski describe Google’s unprecedented dominance of the contemporary data economy. Drawing attention to the irregular regulation of the global data trade, when compared to all other commodities, they note the power of the internet-freedom agenda to legitimise a particular set of economic practices.”--The Guardian"Shawn Powers and Michael Jablonski's book will be of particular use to International Relations scholars and readers eager to place global digital issues and debates into their geopolitical and geo-economic contexts. . . . Bringing together these fields has proved particularly necessary since Edward Snowden's revelations, which have shown that the internet policy has far-reaching implications which go beyond merely technical issues. This is precisely what Powers and Jablonski intend to do in this meticulous book."--International Affairs"The Real Cyber War is an important work in the budding field of Internet government research. . . . Already The Real Cyber War has become an essential read within the fields of international relations, communication, political economy, and cyber security."--International Journal of Communication"The Real Cyber War says many things that need to be said. . . . Authors Shawn Powers and Michael Jablonski closely examine concepts that guide American policy, such as Internet freedom and multistakeholderism. Rightly noted, the authors question if these ideas are based on outdated assumptions and cherished notions of politicos and technorati alike. . . . The Real Cyber War presents a new and valuable discussion of what can truly be called a geopolitical struggle and perhaps the most important war of our time."--Marine Corps University Journal "A knowing, wide-ranging, perceptive, important, and original book. Powers and Jablonski connect disparate and significant dots; weave history, technology, and law together; and explain interrelated complex concepts imaginatively. They tell a compelling story key for any student of transnational information flows."--Monroe Price, author of Media and Sovereignty: The Global Information Revolution and its Challenge to State Power "As governments, companies, civil society, and other stakeholders struggle towards a new global information and communication order in the post-Snowden world, this equally provocative and important book cuts through the Western rhetoric of 'Internet freedom' and draws a sobering picture of how policy-making in this space is ultimately a fight for control over information, which is largely driven by economic and geopolitical interests rather than democratic ideals and human rights."--Urs Gasser, Executive Director, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University "More comprehensive than most work on global internet politics because it incorporates perspectives from a wider range of interests around the world. The treatment of China is strong, as are the examples from emerging nations."--Vincent Mosco, author of To the Cloud: Big Data in a Turbulent World
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University of Illinois Press Making the News Popular
Book SynopsisThe professional judgment of gatekeepers defined the American news agenda for decades. Making the News Popular examines how subsequent events brought on a post-professional period that opened the door for imagining that consumer preferences should drive news production--and unleashed both crisis and opportunity on journalistic institutions. Anthony Nadler charts a paradigm shift, from market research's reach into the editorial suite in the 1970s through contemporary experiments in collaborative filtering and social news sites like Reddit and Digg. As Nadler shows, the transition was and is a rocky one. It also goes back much further than many experts suppose. Idealized visions of demand-driven news face obstacles with each iteration. Furthermore, the post-professional philosophy fails to recognize how organizations mobilize interest in news and public life. Nadler argues that this civic function of news organizations has been neglected in debates on the future of journalism. Only with Trade Review"Recommended."--Choice "With Making the News Popular, Anthony Nadler offers a unique contribution to the growing body of scholarship trying to make sense of the fragmentation of journalism's high-modern paradigm and the democratic implications of the various models of news that have emerged in its stead."--Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly "This important book offers a penetrating and original analysis of how news audiences are mobilized. With his path-breaking contribution to media studies and journalism history, Nadler has woven a captivating account that reveals how media institutions--from traditional newspapers to cable news and social news sites--shape our preferences, and why this matters for democratic society. Making News Popular should be mandatory reading for anyone seeking a critical understanding of the economic and cultural imperatives that drive our news media."--Victor Pickard, author of America's Battle for Media Democracy: The Triumph of Corporate Libertarianism and the Future of Media Reform"In this imaginative and original history, Tony Nadler shows how, since the 1970s, U.S. news institutions have embraced the principle that consumer preferences rather than editorial expertise should determine the news agenda. Along the way, he asks important questions about the consequences of this enduring approach for our own digital news era. How do the news media shape and constrain the very audience choices they claim to measure? What are the consequences for our public culture and democracy? How can we build a more participatory, inclusive, and democratic news media? An illuminating, challenging, and highly readable account."--Kathy Roberts Forde, author of Literary Journalism on Trial: Masson v. New Yorker and the First Amendment
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University of Illinois Press Interactive Journalism
Book SynopsisTrade Review"The future of interactive journalism will not depend on whether it can increase page views or session times, but whether it can deepen our readers' and viewers' engagement with complex issues. Nikki Usher's Interactive Journalism is a great introduction into this emerging field of journalism where the most collaborative and interdisciplinary team players will thrive."--Wolfgang Blau, Director of Digital Strategy, Chief Digital Officer, Condé Nast International"In Interactive Journalism, Nikki Usher skillfully answers three questions rarely addressed at the same time: how are newsrooms changing with their adoption of interactive journalism, what economic and cultural factors are driving this adoption, and why new ways of telling stories may affect the impact of journalism."--James T. Hamilton, author of All the News That's Fit to Sell: How the Market Transforms Information into News"For future scholars of journalism production, this book will provide an important look at how interactive journalism--a subfield that seems likely to expand and transform in the coming decades--was practiced in the second decade of the 21st century." --Newspaper Research Journal"Usher's book is an ambitious and foundational text for understanding this new subspecialty, and as such, it should beget a new generation of inquiry into the political economy and boundary issues it deftly raises." --New Media & Society"As the first sustained investigation of this new form of journalism, Usher's main argument is persuasive....Her book will certainly serve as a foundational text for scholars turning their attention to this growing journalistic practice." --Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly"A thorough and multifaceted study of the evolution of journalism and what it means for both journalists, readers and communication in general." --European Journal of Communication"Walker-McWilliams has written a fascinating accessible biography of union organizer Rev. Addie Wyatt, whose life's work was at the intersection of organized labor, civil rights, women's rights, and the church." --Library Journal"Nikki Usher is once again on the frontline of the newsroom, with this vivid account of the rise of maker culture in online news. Expertly cutting through the techno-jargon, Usher provides the definitive portrait of interactive journalism--from its economic benefits and professional challenges to its potential to fundamentally transform how all of us see and engage with the world."--Rod Benson, New York University
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University of Illinois Press Goodbye iSlave
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Anyone who has used a smartphone, tablet, laptop computer, e-reader, video game console, or smart speaker would do well to read Goodbye iSlave. In tight effective prose, Qiu presents a gripping portrait of the lives of Foxconn workers and this description is made more confrontational by the uncompromising language Qiu deploys."--boundary 2 "Qiu's grim and eloquent book traces parallels between the digital economy and Atlantic slavery--from Congo mines to Foxconn sweatshops to iPhone users' labor. Full of insights, Goodbye iSlave also offers hope, in new forms of social struggle."--Raewyn Connell, author of Southern Theory: The Global Dynamics of Knowledge in Social Science "Networking China is highly recommended for researchers or students in the area of media and communications, economics, political sciences and Chinese studies, as well as practitioners and policy-makers in communication sectors." --Information, Communication & Society"Outstanding and well-researched. . . . Highly recommended."--Choice"Readers from media and information studies, sociology, history and many other social sciences disciplines will find Goodbye iSlave illuminating." --The China Quarterly"Qiu's book brings attention to the hidden and deeply exploitative conditions of digital labor that make possible our world of new media and technologies." --PoLAR"This remarkable dissection of twenty-first century global iSlavery, rooted in Qiu's on-the-ground and comparative historical research, gives a high-voltage jolt to complacent iCitizens--and examples of what to do next."--John D.H. Downing, editor of the Encyclopedia of Social Movement Media
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University of Illinois Press Media Localism
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Energetically written. . . . Crucial topics for understanding what is actually going on behind the scenes of your local nightly news."--Sante Fe New Mexican"Shines a needed light on the threats that local broadcasters are currently facing. . . . The conversation about media localism is an important one, and this book raises critical questions and posits thought-provoking ideas for a path forward."--Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly"The book is well researched. . . . The conversation about media localism is an important one, and this book raises critical questions and posits thought-provoking ideas for a new path forward."--American Journalism"It is the detail in Ali's analysis that is impressive. There is much value in it as just a history of media policy-making at the beginning of the 21st century, as Ali looks at key moments in regulatory processes in each of the territories he covers."--Journalism"This book offers a very interesting contribution to reconsider the approach to local media." --CBQ Critical Reviews"Media's woeful lack of localism is matched by lack of definition about what the term really means. Ali's brilliant dissection of localism in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada provides a foundation for developing strategies to restore our vanished local media."--Michael Copps, former Commissioner of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission"This landmark book offers a fascinating and invaluable analysis for anyone seeking a critical understanding of 'the local' in our digital age. With elegance and clarity, Ali draws from comparative case studies and key historical contexts to show why democracy still requires media localism--and why an unfettered market can't support it. This is a must-read for policymakers, journalists, and concerned citizens everywhere."--Victor Pickard, author of America's Battle for Media Democracy: The Triumph of Corporate Libertarianism and the Future of Media Reform"Bold and innovative. A scholarly interrogation of significant moves to think through the meaning of community and how various policymakers, politicians, activists, and indeed entrepreneurs have sought to mobilize these concerns."--Des Freedman, author of The Contradictions of Media Power
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University of Illinois Press Networking China The Digital Transformation of
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A bold and wide-ranging overview of seven decades of media, telecommunications, and information sector developments in China. Professor Hong manages both to stay engaged with the minutiae of this complex story, but also to identify the critical trends and themes that animated its unfolding. This is no mean achievement, and marks out Professor Hong as a notable scholar of information technology studies as well as a perspicacious observer of China."--Journal of Information Policy"This is one of the most enlightening pieces of writing on the evolution of the information and communications technology sector in China."--Chinese Journal of Communication"Networking China: The Digital Transformation of the Chinese Economy provides a much needed critical assessment of China's engagement with ICTs, telecommunications and media. . . . The book represents the most well-articulated discussion of the imminent rise of techno-nationalism and economic development in China."--Asian Communication Research"Recommended."--Choice"Yu Hong's book Networking China: The Digital Transformation of the Chinese Economy is an important contribution to the increasing body of literature on Chinese digital media and communication. . . . The book is well written and exemplary in research."--China Quarterly"Hong shines a bright light on the high cost and precarious prospects of making telecoms, the internet, ICTs and media the center of a nation's economic development strategy. It's a must-read for all who want to understand China's embrace of digital capitalism and the political economy of communication therein."--Mass Communication and Society"In great detail and with the careful reflection of a seasoned scholar, Yu Hong describes the astounding growth of digital technology in China and its complex and powerful ramifications at home and abroad."--Vincent Mosco, author of To the Cloud: Big Data in a Turbulent World"Yu Hong's book is a must-read for anyone seeking to understand the role China's cutting-edge information technology sector has played in the nation's unprecedentedly rapid economic development. She provides excellent insight into the nuances of state policies on key communications systems, and does so with a keen, discerning eye for the vital issues affecting the present and future course of China's networked economy."--Eric Harwit, author of China's Telecommunications Revolution
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University of Illinois Press Across the Waves How the United States and
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Well researched and readable. . . Recommended."--Choice"Vaillant's text is outstanding. The research and reporting are carefully and professionally done, the supporting data enlightening and the story interesting. . . . Across the Waves makes a significant contribution to international media scholarship."--American Journalism "Across the Waves is well argued, thoroughly researched, and culturally conversant." --The Journal of American HistoryThe book is broad in scope and significance and is well-researched and well-written." --European Journal of Communication"Across the Waves...informs radio history with a new and important contribution." --Journal of Communication"A historian at heart, Vaillant provides his readers with the cultural and political depth to better understand the necessary cross-border collaborations that led to the acceleration of cultural exchanges across the Atlantic throughout the twentieth century." --American Studies"Articulating different levels of perspectives and theoretical approaches, the various contributions enrich the understanding of the subject and suggest new horizons of research that are useful for future works, including beyond the scope of the anglophone academic field." --Radio Journal"A well-written piece of historical analysis, and the author manages to tie together an enjoyable writing style with scholarly rigour and a complex conceptual framework." --Historical Journal of Film, Radio, and Television "The atmospheric way Vaillant brings radio to us in this book should be nothing short of highly commended." --EuropeNow "Derek Vaillant has written an invaluable account of the lively interactive relationship between French and American radio broadcasting. Its historical sweep, deep research, and illuminating conceptual framework make it à ne pas manquer for anyone interested in one of the twentieth century’s closest yet most tempestuous cultural relationships."--Michele Hilmes, author of Network Nations: A Transnational History of British and American Broadcasting "Vaillant's stimulating analysis of a neglected dimension of transatlantic broadcasting brilliantly captures the dynamic interplay of international relations, technological change, and textual innovation, and sheds new light on the place of American radio in the global media landscape of the twentieth century."—Kate Lacey, author of Listening Publics: The Politics and Experience of Listening in the Media AgeTable of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Acronyms and Abbreviations Introduction: At the Border of U.S. - French Broadcasting PART I: THE RISE OF U.S.-FRENCH BROADCASTING, 1925-44 1 At the Speed of Sound: Techno-Aesthetic Paradigms in U.S. - French Broadcasting, 1925-39 2 We Won't Always Have Paris: U.S. Networks in France and Europe, 1932-41 3 Voices of the Occupation: U.S. Broadcasting to France during World War II PART II: SHAPING A U.S.-FRENCH RADIO IMAGINARY, 1945-74 4 Served on a Platter: How French Radio Cracked the U.S. Airwaves 5 The Air of Paris: Women's Talk Radio, Gender, and the Art of Self-Fashionin 6 The Drama of Broadcast History after May 1968 Afterword: Radios at the Heart of Nations Appendix: U.S.-French Radio Time Line Notes Selected Resources Index
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University of Illinois Press Race News Black Journalists and the Fight for
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewAEJMC History Division Book Award, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, 2018 "For those interested in black newspapers' complex navigation of the politics of the twentieth century and how those papers ultimately made a difference, Race News is worth a careful read." --The Journal of American History"Race News is an essential and thoughtful exploration of a crucial epoch, blending meticulous research into a compelling narrative. Students will be inspired by stories about long-neglected journalists and publishers, while historians will appreciate the complex portrait of a fulminating struggle at the heart of the African-American experience."--American Journalism "[A] wonderful book about the black press in the 21st century. . . . Highly recommended."--Choice"Race News reveals a new perspective that illuminates the ways in which alternative Black journalism informed the editorial practices of the commercial Black press and mainstream news media across the last century. A meticulously researched examination that contributes new insight to scholarship on Black journalism." --Communication Booknotes Quarterly"A fascinating and ambitious book, covering a wide range of important individuals and institutions across various eras of African American history." --The Journal of African American History"Carroll offers new insight in examining the ties between 'alternative' and 'commercial' outlets. Race News will also be of value as a comprehensive, readable introduction for those more broadly interested in African American history, journalism history and civil rights activism."--LSE Review of Books"An ambitious undertaking, one that covers decades of press data and a large body of scholarship. . . .Carroll captures the arc of his study with a provocative insight: commercial newspapers' 'business model. . . . carried the seeds of its own destruction'." --African American Review"A welcome addition to our understanding of both journalistic and African-American history . . . Race News is highly recommended."--People's World "Fred Carroll has made an important addition to the literature with Race News: Black Journalists and the Fight for Racial Justice in the Twentieth Century."...Carroll's book offers a lot to journalism history classes and mass communication students overall." --Journalism History "A rich and nuanced history of African American journalism in the last century. It is arguably the most thorough and substantive treatment of the subject." --American Historical Review "Fred Carroll examines the symbiotic yet contentious relationship between commercial and alternative black press in his insightful Race News. . . . This is a well-argued, thoroughly researched and important contribution to African American social history." --Journal of Social History "An incredibly insightful and well-written book that offers both a broad history of black journalism in the United States and a deeply nuanced investigation of black power politics in the newsroom. . . .Carroll offers the first scholarly monograph of the political and professional development of black journalism in the twentieth-century United States." --American Literature "Race News connects the dots along the line of the black press's development . . . the chapters on the new negro and popular front journalism show how labor and left politics were integral to the black community and interwoven into the popularity of black newspapers and their communication of the political culture of the New Deal." --Labor “A thorough, well-researched, lively, and accessible account of the role of the Black press in the twentieth century. Race News is a sympathetic and politically astute analysis of the paths navigated by black journalists, and the role played by them, in many of the key struggles for racial justice in U.S. history.”--Bill V. Mullen, author of Popular Fronts: Chicago and African American Cultural Politics, 1935-1946 "Unquestionably stimulating and enjoyable. The details about how the alternative black press affected the commercial black press in the 1930s and in the civil rights era is not well known or documented and is quite exciting. Carroll unquestionably adds important nuances to what other scholars have written in telling the history of the black press."--Patrick Washburn, author of The African American Newspaper: Voice of Freedom
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University of Illinois Press Wired into Nature
Book SynopsisTrade Review"It is a wonder that nobody wrote this history earlier--and bravo to Prof. Schwoch for undertaking it. . . . Making good selective uses of archival resources, Schwoch provides the human touch by relating individual stories for all of his chapters in Wired into Nature: The Telegraph and the North American Frontier. . . . An enjoyable book offering considerable insight." --Communication Booknotes Quarterly"A fine example . . . Wired into Nature is an informative study wherein the author places the establishment of communication systems and their social/political practices central to the twenty-first-century in the development of telegraphy in the North American West in the last half of the nineteenth century.," --South Dakota History"Schwoch presents an engaging study that highlights the central role of western, and westward-looking, actors in shaping modern ideas about information gathering and the power offered by controlling rapid means of communication." --Western Historical Quarterly"The book is well-crafted and well-written, and it is wisely the right length for its scope. . . . This is an innovative original study and a welcome addition to western American history." --American Historical Review"Drawing on both detailed historical scholarship and a refreshing geographical sensibility, Wired into Nature provides a unique and important perspective on the vast strategic, ecological, and cultural impact of North America's first electrical information network. James Schwoch brings important questions of environment, indigeneity, and surveillance back into the story of the telegraph, in a sweeping narrative that connects the mapping and exploitation of the American West to the development of the White House Situation Room. Schwoch reminds us that the story of communication infrastructure in American history involves not just the intensive development of urban technologies, consumers, and firms, but also the extensive reconfiguration of contested landscapes, involving both military and cultural struggles with nature, climate, and, most crucially, Native American peoples. This innovative work crosses the boundaries between military, political, technological, and environmental history, and is a must-read for students of our contemporary information society."--Gregory J. Downey, author of Telegraph Messenger Boys: Labor, Technology, and Geography, 1850-1950"This text is a useful treatment of the subject, and will be a welcome addition to collections in the history of technology and western American history." --Choice"Wired into Nature is a rich and original exploration of the telegraph in the American West, grounded in meticulous archival research. It tells us a powerful story about the relationship between wires and nature, and unravels the hidden and formative connections between our communications systems and the environment, climate, and surveillance. James Schwoch brilliantly tracks the making and unmaking of the telegraph, from the draft animals that pulled its poles to the weaponized fires it ignited; from its disruption by Native Americans to the early development of network security; and from the weather reports it collected to its command in Washington. This book will transform our understanding of electronic communications networks, both past and present. If there is one history to read in the current moment, Wired into Nature is it.--Nicole Starosielski, coeditor of Signal Traffic: Critical Studies of Media Infrastructures"Wired into Nature opens up a new field of inquiry by examining the frontier expansion of the telegraph into the western U.S., with commendable attention both to how environmental factors shaped the story and to how the telegraph functioned as an instrument of state power and political control, especially through the military." --Technology and Culture "This book is not to be missed by serious students of information technology." --The Journal of American History "Wired into Nature, which includes many helpful illustrations, is based on enormous archival research but is not bogged down by unnecessary details. It is instead written in quite readable, often eloquent, prose. Wired into Nature deserves a wide readership." --Pacific Historical Review "Wired into Nature is full of intriguing insights drawn from a thoughtful engagement with a wide range of primary sources." --Journal of Arizona History "Wired into Nature is a carefully documented and compelling read." -- Annals of Iowa "Wired into Nature is a fresh take on the history of the telegraph in the United States, one that eschews the common eastern business history and recenters it on the role of the US government and military's development of the telegraph in the West." --H-Net Reviews "This book offers a fascinating perspective of the developing global telegraph system and how the growth of the telegraph involved a host of people, including white settlers, Native Americans, Mexicans, Canadians, Russians, and members of the American military." --Register of the Kentucky Historical Society "Drawing on both detailed historical scholarship and a refreshing geographical sensibility, Wired into Nature provides a unique and important perspective on the vast strategic, ecological, and cultural impact of North America's first electrical information network. James Schwoch brings important questions of environment, indigeneity, and surveillance back into the story of the telegraph, in a sweeping narrative that connects the mapping and exploitation of the American West to the development of the White House Situation Room. Schwoch reminds us that the story of communication infrastructure in American history involves not just the intensive development of urban technologies, consumers, and firms, but also the extensive reconfiguration of contested landscapes, involving both military and cultural struggles with nature, climate, and, most crucially, Native American peoples. This innovative work crosses the boundaries between military, political, technological, and environmental history, and is a must-read for students of our contemporary information society." --Gregory J. Downey, author of Telegraph Messenger Boys: Labor, Technology, and Geography, 1850-1950 "Wired into Nature is a rich and original exploration of the telegraph in the American West, grounded in meticulous archival research. It tells us a powerful story about the relationship between wires and nature, and unravels the hidden and formative connections between our communications systems and the environment, climate, and surveillance. James Schwoch brilliantly tracks the making and unmaking of the telegraph, from the draft animals that pulled its poles to the weaponized fires it ignited; from its disruption by Native Americans to the early development of network security; and from the weather reports it collected to its command in Washington. This book will transform our understanding of electronic communications networks, both past and present. If there is one history to read in the current moment, Wired into Nature is it."--Nicole Starosielski, coeditor of Signal Traffic: Critical Studies of Media Infrastructures
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University of Illinois Press Graphic News
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewChoice Outstanding Academic Title, 2020 "This generously illustrated book delves into the period just before the end of the nineteenth century when America was beginning to take its place in the world. It would be useful to anyone teaching or researching that formative period. It is accessible and attractive. Ironically enough, its extensive use of graphic pictures from the period make it not only an informative but entertaining read." --American Journalism"This book—or a selection of chapters—would add depth to a multitude of journalism, sociology and history courses. The themes Frisken reveals using these 19th-century news narratives and illustrations resonate with our 21st-century news narratives about immigration, marginalized groups and the #MeToo movement." --Newspaper Research Journal"A comprehensive and thoughtful exploration of the role of sensationalism in visual news, Graphic News will be of particular value for scholars and students of late nineteenth-century visual culture, journalism history, communication, and American Studies." --Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era"A deeply researched and acutely observed social and cultural history of journalism that, with particular attention to popular visual media, delineates the ways publications' reportorial conventions and practices shaped and were shaped by the era's gender, race, and class relations.”—Joshua Brown, author of Beyond the Lines: Pictorial Reporting, Everyday Life, and the Crisis of Gilded Age America”A worthy endeavor that engages major social and cultural issues and makes a significant contribution to the history of visual journalism in the United States.”—John Coward, author of Indians Illustrated: Images of Native Americans in the Pictorial Press"An intriguing analysis of the manner in which sensational pictorial representations altered US journalism during the final three decades of the 19th century... Well researched with an extensive reliance on primary documents." --Choice
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University of Illinois Press A Century of Repression The Espionage Act and
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A timely and compelling “biography” of the Espionage Act, vividly told through the harrowing stories of whistleblowers, government employees, policy consultants and journalists, from prominent socialist Eugene Debs to whistleblower Edward Snowden. " --Los Angeles Review of Books"Engelman and Shenkman’s compelling history should inform deliberations about the roles of secrecy and publicity in our digital world for some time to come." --American Journalism"An impressive piece of both legal and journalistic history." --Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press"Carey Shenkman and Ralph Engelman's study of the history, law, and implications of these recent abuses of the Espionage Act is needed urgently, if we are to remain truly a democratic republic."--Daniel Ellsberg"This book could not be more timely. . . . This comprehensive look at its history is an enlightening read for students of journalism history, and, in fact, anyone who wants to understand what is at stake for journalists." --National Journal of Communication“A wonderful, detailed history of developments around the Espionage Act and the attempt by government to control expression within a democratic society. Of interest to anyone who is interested in government’s attempt to control information.”--David S. Allen, author of Democracy, Inc.: The Press Law in the Corporate Rationalization of the Public Sphere
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University of Illinois Press Circle of Winners
Book SynopsisAn essential high culture institution, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has both supported and molded American musical culture. Denise Von Glahn examines the Foundation and its immense influence from the organization’s prehistory and origins through the onset of World War II. Funded by the Guggenheim mining fortune, the Foundation took early shape from the efforts of Carroll Wilson, Frank Aydelotte, and Henry Allen Moe--three Rhodes Scholars who initially struggled to envision and implement the organization’s ambitious goals. Von Glahn also examines the career of the longtime musical advisor Thomas Whitney Surette while profiling early awardees Aaron Copland, Ruth Crawford Seeger, William Grant Still, Roger Sessions, George Antheil, and Carlos Chàvez. She examines the processes behind their selection, their values and aesthetics, and their relationships with the insiders and others who championed their work. Trade Review“Denise Von Glahn’s intricately researched new book deftly explains and exposes the inner workings of a culturally influential old boy’s network--one we think we know, but of which we actually still know too little--and reveals the potential advantages and disadvantages that this set of circumstances brought about. Circle of Winners is a timely historical narrative within our current moment of cultural reckoning.”--Amy C. Beal, author of Johanna BeyerTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction The Family The Foundation The Advisors The Network The College The Winners Conclusions Notes Index
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University of Illinois Press The Digital NBA How the Worlds Savviest League
Book SynopsisTrade Review“The book offers a timely and original contribution to an understanding of the current, highly managed transformation of the globally differentiated access to media content. Secular convincingly argues that in many respects the NBA is a frontrunner regarding its global media strategies and thus--similar to Netflix for fictional content--can be taken as a lens into the wider marketization and mediatization of sport in a global multi-platform environment.”--Markus Stauff, University of AmsterdamTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: The International House of Hoops The Court: Event Production, Streaming Television, and the Glocalization of Live Sport The Venue: Silicon Valley, Public Finance, and the Arena as Media Platform The Wires: Dark Fiber, Satellites, and the Global Infrastructures of Streaming Sport The Office: The NBA’s Executive Operation as a Global Media Empire The Couch: At-Home Sport Spectatorship and the Multiplatform Viewing Environment Conclusion: The House That Hoops Built Notes Index
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University of Illinois Press Media Backends
Book SynopsisTrade Review“What happens in the backend, behind our screens, in the sociotechnical systems that constitute our media space? Parks, Velkova, and De Ridder have collected an impressive bouquet of enlightening articles, offering a wide scope of critical perspectives on what happens in the invisible parts of the internet, including its infrastructure. Reading through this collection, you start seeing the bigger picture of a media landscape in transformation and how this connects to global societal transformations. A true mind opener.”--José van Dijck, author of The Culture of Connectivity: A Critical History of Social MediaTable of ContentsIntroduction Lisa Parks, Julia Velkova, and Sander De Ridder Part I: Sensing, Automating, Mediating 1 Atmospheric Mediation: From Smart Dust to Customizable Governance Mark Andrejevic, and Zala Volcic 2 The Other Side of the Smart Phone: MEMS Sensors and the Tiny Matter of Mediation Lisa Parks 3 EugenicTech: Three Perspectives On the (B)anality of AI Jonathan Cohn 4 Coding and Encoding Streamed Media: The Cultural Infrastructure of the Netflix Recommender System Fatima Gaw 5 Engaging Opacity: Spotify and the Poesis of Algorithmic Backends Tim Markham Part II: Datafying, Serving, Distributing 6 The Social Mapping of Hyperscale Data Center Regions: Placemaking, Infrastructuring, Curating Vicki Mayer and Julia Velkova 7 Cross-sectoral Relations in VoD Markets: Frontend, Backend, and Deepend in India Vibodh Parthasarathi, Philippe Bouquillion, and Christine Ithurbide 8 Serving Machines and Heterotopias: Data Entry Work in Prisons and Refugee Camps in the US and Uganda Anne Kaun, Alexis Logsdon, Philipp Seuferling and Fredrik Stiernstedt 9 Mythical Media Backends: Human-Machine Communication’s Cruel Promises Sander De Ridder 10 The Black Living Data Booklet Faithe Day Part III: Subjecting, Humanizing, Repairing 11 Sonorous Surfaces, Biased Backends: The Gendered Voices of AI Assistants as Existential Media Amanda Lagerkvist, Jacek Smolicki, and Matilda Tudor 12 On Meaning and Exploitation: Everyday AI and Productivity Tracking in Denmark Stine Lomborg 13 The Backend Work of Data Subjects: Ordinary Challenges of Living with Data in India and the US Ranjit Singh 14 Repairing Algorithms, Rebuilding Data Paths: Digital Infrastructures, Public Service Media, and Material Solidarity in Europe Kaarina Nikunen Afterword Rahul Mukherjee Contributor Bios Index
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University of Illinois Press The Possibility Machine
Book SynopsisSingular and star-studded writings on America’s neon-lit playground At once a Technicolor wonderland and the embodiment of American mythology, Las Vegas exists at the Ground Zero of a reverence for risk-taking and the transformative power of a winning hand. Jake Johnson edits a collection of short essays and flash ideas that probes how music-making and soundscapes shape the City of Second Chances. Treating topics ranging from Cher to Cirque de Soleil, the contributors delve into how music and musicians factored in the early development of Vegas’s image; the role of local communities of musicians and Strip mainstays in sustaining tensions between belief and disbelief; the ways aging showroom stars provide a sense of timelessness that inoculates visitors against the outside world; the link connecting fantasies of sexual prowess and democracy with the musical values of Liberace and others; considerations of how musicians and establishments gambled with identity and oTable of ContentsPreface Introduction: Flash!--SplashJake Johnson Part One: The Road to Vegas 1 On the Edge of the Desert Robert Fink 2 Reimagining the Popular on the Vegas Circuit: Helen Traubel, Diva Populism, and the Labor of Publicity Michael M. Reinhard 3 It Was Better When the Mob Ran the Town Janis McKay Part Two: Overheard 4 Music as Misdirection Jason Leddington 5 Presence, Absence, and Live Virtuality: Soundscapes in Cirque du Soleil on the Las Vegas Strip Lynda Paul 6 Pura Alegria: Young Adult Musicians Learning Mariachi in Schools and Participating in the Las Vegas Mariachi Scene Cassaundra Rodriguez and Celine Ayala Part Three: Second Chances 7 The Master and the Mob: Noël Coward’s Musical Identity in the Golden Age of Las Vegas Arianne Johnson Quinn 8 Elvis in Vegas: The King of Rock ’n’ Roll and the City of Second Chances Brian F. Wright 9 Celine Dion and Cher’s Vegas Residencies: The Envoiced and Embodied Spectacle of Feminine Aging on the Vegas Stage Jessica A. Holmes and Michael Kinney Part Four: Virtuoso Fantastique 10 Viva Viagra: Vegas, Elvis, and “A Little Blue Pill” James Deaville and Kirstin Bews 11 Shall We Go for It? The Hermeneutics of Celine Dion’s Las Vegas Show Sam Murray 12 Liberace’s Surfaces: Democratic Virtuosity, American Fantasies, and Vegas Pianism Pheaross Graham Part Five: Making Book 13 Comedy Tonight: Broadway Musicals on the Las Vegas Strip Arreanna Rostosky 14 “Trouble Is, We Don’t Make the Rules”: The Las Vegas Years of Jazz and Classical Violinist Ginger Smock Laura Risk 15 “For Adult Audiences Only”: A History of LGBTQ Performers on the Las Vegas Stage Louis Niebur Part Six: Leaving Vegas 16 The Real Deal: Impersonation and the American Dream in Branson and Vegas Joanna Dee Das and Maddie House-Tuck 17 Salaciously Family Friendly: The Unlikely Porousness of Sin City and the American Boob Tube Kelly Kessler 18 Representation and Value in Michael Daugherty’s Las Vegas Works Laura Dallman 19 Specters of Mine: Musicological Research in the Desert of the Opera Carlo Lanfossi Contributors Index
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University of Illinois Press Union Divided Black Musicians Fight for Labor
Book SynopsisTrade Review“This work shines light on a little known and understood chapter of the American Federation of Musicians’ Unions. It explores the creation by Black musicians, history of, and eventual collapse of dual unionism through the amalgamation of separate African American and white organizations. This was a complicated matter lasting some sixty-plus years and author Miller skillfully shows both the benefits and pitfalls of this development.”--David Keller, author of The Blue Note: Seattle’s Black Musicians’ Union, A Pictorial History, distributed by Washington State University PressTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Abbreviations Chapter 1. Prelude Chapter 2. The Origins of the American Federation of Musicians and Its Place in the History of Organized Labor Chapter 3. The Formation of Black AFM Locals, 1897–1927 Chapter 4. Early Black Locals: Three Case Studies Chapter 5. From the Glories of the ’20s to the Despair of the ’30s Chapter 6. The 1940s: Change Is in the Wind Chapter 7. Leading the Pack: The 1953 Los Angeles Merger Chapter 8. Mergers from 1954 through 1966: State Labor Laws and the Battle of Chicago Chapter 9. After Chicago Chapter 10. Coda Notes References Index
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University of Illinois Press Bootlegging the Airwaves
Book SynopsisHow fan passion and technology merged into a new subculture Long before internet archives and the anytime, anywhere convenience of streaming, people collected, traded, and shared radio and television content via informal networks that crisscrossed transnational boundaries. Eleanor Patterson’s fascinating cultural history explores the distribution of radio and TV tapes from the 1960s through the 1980s. Looking at bootlegging against the backdrop of mass media’s formative years, Patterson delves into some of the major subcultures of the era. Old-time radio aficionados felt the impact of inexpensive audio recording equipment and the controversies surrounding programs like Amos ‘n’ Andy. Bootlegging communities devoted to buddy cop TV shows like Starsky and Hutch allowed women to articulate female pleasure and sexuality while Star Trek videos in Australia inspired a grassroots subculture built around community viewings of episoTrade Review“A highly valuable contribution to media and cultural history. Patterson goes in-depth about important and eclectic bootlegging practices, and in particular highlights how people have utilized these technologies and systems to generate their own cultures around the objects of their fandom and interests.”--Derek Kompare, coeditor of Making Media Work: Cultures of Management in the Entertainment IndustriesTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Hacking Broadcast History Homemade Entertainment: The Prehistory of Bootlegging Radio Hello Again: The Old-time Radio Informal Economy Freeze Framing Queerness: Tape Trading in Buddy Cop Fan Cultures We Had to Do It the Hard Way: Bootlegging Star Trek in Australia Enough of that Garbage: Wrestling Observer and the Intelligent Wrestling Fan Community Conclusion Bootlegging After the Airwaves Notes Index
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University of Illinois Press Langston Hughes and the Chicago Defender
Book SynopsisTrade Review"The most persistent criticism of Langston Hughes has been that he was not a thinker, that he had no ideas to speak of, was not an intellectual, and therefore need not be taken too seriously by intellectuals and scholars. A collection of this kind is needed to do justice to the often inspired quality of Hughes's weekly journalistic writing and to expand our sense of his interests and ideas. De Santis's is the first book to bring this material within easy reach."--Arnold Rampersad, author of the two-volume The Life of Langston Hughes
£17.09
University of Illinois Press Communities of Journalism
Book SynopsisThe significance of news and the institutions that produce it to American historyTrade Review“In twelve beautifully written essays, David Paul Nord examines journalism as a vital component of communities. . . . Communities of Journalism is among the best thought-provoking books to be published in our field. It is a ‘must’ for anyone who researches and teaches mass media history.”--Journalism History
£18.04
MO - University of Illinois Press How Free Can the Press Be
Book SynopsisA stimulating exploration of American freedom of the pressTrade ReviewSelected by the American Library Association as the Best of the Best from the University Presses, 2004. "Bezanson provides the kind of glimpses into the background of [court] cases that students love. . . . And he asks provocative questions at the end of each chapter which are virtually guaranteed to spark some lively debate in class about what the limits of press freedom ought to be."--Journalism & Mass Communication Educator"This is an astonishing book. Bezanson approaches conventional cases in unconventional ways. Upon finishing it, one feels privileged to have participated in that rare seminar where the master professor leaves no position unchallenged."--Steven Helle, contributor to Last Rights: Revisiting Four Theories of the Press and numerous law journals, and Freedom Forum National Journalism Teacher of the Year"Bezanson is one the country's leading First Amendment scholars. In this highly entertaining and well-researched book, he takes us into the gray area where freedom of speech and press collide with other rights and responsibilities. This is a must read for all journalists and for anyone concerned with limits on freedom of speech."--John Soloski, Dean, Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Georgia"Too often the press cries 'First Amendment' as if it gave an absolute answer--as if freedom of the press trumped all other values. Randall Bezanson has found an ingenious and fascinating way to cut through the absolutes, putting provocative questions about leading press cases that make us see that privacy, fairness, and other interests have their claim, too. Reporters, editors, and their lawyers should read this book and reflect on it."--Anthony Lewis, author of The Myth of the Imperial Judiciary: Why the Right Is Wrong About the Courts
£19.79
