{"product_id":"the-scripps-newspapers-go-to-war-191418-9780252031588","title":"The Scripps Newspapers Go to War 191418","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBefore 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 and\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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.\"--\u003ci\u003eColumbia Journalism Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Straightforward, rich in detail, and free of scholarly abstruseness and jargon. . . . Highly recommended.\"--\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“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.”--\u003ci\u003eJournalism History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“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.”--\u003ci\u003eAmerican Journalism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Provides new insights into the chain’s decision making in wartime.”--\u003ci\u003eJournalism \u0026amp; Mass Communication Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Zacher's account ... is detailed and often absorbing. Based on scrupulous research in the Scripps organization's archives, he leaves few stones unturned.\"--\u003ci\u003eAmerican Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Scripps Newspapers Go to War\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eE. W. Scripps and the Business of Newspapers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Anyone interested in the role of an important communications organization in helping impel the nation toward war should find \u003ci\u003eThe Scripps Newspapers Go to War\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eFanatics and Fire-Eaters: Newspapers and the Coming of the Civil War\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments   ix\u003cbr\u003e Introduction   1\u003cbr\u003e 1. The concern: June 27, 1914   13\u003cbr\u003e 2. Seeds Get Planted: June 1914 to May 1915   32\u003cbr\u003e 3. Harsh Realities: May to November   1915   58\u003cbr\u003e 4. \"Genuine Enthusiastic Support\": November 1915 to November 1916   81\u003cbr\u003e 5. Democracy versus Autocracy: December 1916 to July 1917   106\u003cbr\u003e 6. \"To Advocate a Policy and to Yourself Meet Its Requirements\": July to December 1917   137\u003cbr\u003e 7. Reconsidering an \"Ostrich Type of Patriotism\": 1918   172\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: \"Harder . . . to Be of Public Service\"   211\u003cbr\u003e Notes   225\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography   279\u003cbr\u003e Index   281\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400421024087,"sku":"9780252031588","price":45.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252031588.jpg?v=1730470644","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-scripps-newspapers-go-to-war-191418-9780252031588","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}