JOURN 3000 1st Edition Lecture 18 Outline of Last Lecture I Yellow journalism Outline of Current Lecture I new journalism Current Lecture New Journalism Journalism field is articulating high ideals based on objectivity democracy But ideals often diluted in practice gatekeepers to the marketplace of ideas Progressive Professional Ideals Mirror of reality mirror of audience interests Watchdog of the public interest watchdog for private interests Changes in the Magazine Industry Mid 19th century expensive specialized By 1890s general audience magazines National economy advertisers Technology lowered costs allowed for artwork Delivery Post Office Act of 1879 subsidized The Muckrakers Muckrakers unlike newspaper crusaders reach a more national audience Muckraking magazines much more depth than newspapers These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute Ida Tarbell s History of the Standard Oil Company ran in to 1904 19 installments 1902 journalism rooted in Progressive ideals Popular 1900 early 1910s Examined corruption in government big business conditions in slums prisons patent medicine companies Led to government policy
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