Author : Jim Allee Hart
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis Views on the News; the Developing Editorial Syndrome, 1500-1800 by : Jim Allee Hart
Download or read book Views on the News; the Developing Editorial Syndrome, 1500-1800 written by Jim Allee Hart and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A modern definition of the newspaper editorial is: a presentation of fact and opinion in a concise, logical, and pleasing order, written to entertain, to influence opinion, or to interpret significant news. In its beginnings from moralistic British ballads of the sixteenth century to statements of principles and policies dedicated to the public interest in the colonial period in both England and America, the development of the editorial was in this direction. Yet, as this study concludes, in its development in the late eighteenth century in this country the greatest contribution of the practitioners of the developing editorial did not come from the new trends and forms of commentary they set. Unwittingly, it came from their printing of political opinion influential and powerful enough to sway a people to form a new nation, a practice that has interesting parallels with the underground press in the United States today. In concentrating on the beginnings of the newspaper editorial, Mr. Hart is able to explore in depth the editorial's evolution and to document his account with examples which are as colorful as they are convincing. The result of his close investigation is the first comprehensive history of the newspaper editorial. Extensively indexed and documented, the work will be an invaluable reference work and an important new perspective on journalism in the colonial period in this country.