Bylines in Despair - Herbert Hoover, the Great Depression and the Us News Media

Informationen zum Autor LOUIS W. LIEBOVICH is Professor of Journalism at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. Professor Liebovich has also written The Press and the Origins of the Cold War, 1944-1947 (1988, Praeger) and Bylines of Despair: Herbert Hoover, the Great Depression, and the U.S. News Media (1994, Praeger). Klappentext Through a long public life and short presidency, Herbert Hoover carefully cultivated reporters and media owners as he rose from a relief administrator to president of the United States. During his service to government, he held the conviction that journalists were to be manipulated and mistrusted. When the nation fell into economic disaster, Hoover's misconceptions about the press and press relations exacerbated a national calamity. This book traces the entire history of Hoover's relationship with magazines, newspapers, newsreel organizations, and radio, and demonstrates how an attitude toward the U.S. press can help or hinder a public figure throughout his career. The book draws upon diaries of Hoover aides, oral histories from journalists and other media figures, newspaper and magazine clippings, radio broadcasts, newsreels, public documents, archival manuscripts, and a plethora of published secondary books and articles. This may be the most complete and best-documented study of a single president and the media. Zusammenfassung Through a long public life and short presidency! Herbert Hoover carefully cultivated reporters and media owners as he rose from a relief administrator to president of the United States. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Prologue The Unlikely Road to Success Secretary of Commerce The Campaign and Aftermath of the 1928 Election Lost Opportunities The Crash Radio, Newsreels, Newspapers, and the Presidency The Bonus March The Dawn of the Roosevelt Era Epilogue Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Louis W. Liebovich, Liebovich Louis W.
• Publisher: Greenwood Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2008
• EAN: 9780275948436
• ISBN: 978-0-275-94843-6
• No. of pages: 248
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Media science; USA, Media Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, Political structure & processes, United States of America, USA, Central / national / federal government, Media, Information & Communication Industries, Political structure and processes, Central government, Popular Culture: Media, Television, and Radio