Short History of the Modern Media

Informationen zum Autor Jim Cullen is Chair of the History Department at the Fieldston School in New York and a book review editor at the History News Network. He is the author of a dozen books, including Imperfect Presidents: Tales of Misadventure and Triumph (2007), Essaying the Past: How to Read, Write and Think about History , 2nd edition (Wiley-Blackwell, 2012), and Sensing the Past: Hollywood Stars and Historical Visions (2013). Klappentext A Short History of the Modern Media presents a concise history of the major media of the last 150 years, including print, stage, film, radio, television, sound recording, and the Internet.* Offers a compact, teaching-friendly presentation of the history of mass media* Features a discussion of works in popular culture that are well-known and easily available* Presents a history of modern media that is strongly interdisciplinary in nature Zusammenfassung A Short History of the Modern Media is a concise history of the major media of the last 150 years, including print, stage, film, radio, television, sound recording, and the Internet. Each chapter includes focus boxes to help students explore the ways specific genres and specific works have impacted the media and popular culture. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures ix Acknowledgments xv Introduction: Medium Message 1 Overview 2 Further Reading 11 1 Print's Run: Publishing as Popular Culture 13 Overview 14 Genre Study / Terrifying pleasures: Horror 31 Document Study / The ravenous imagination of Edgar Allan Poe 38 Document Study / Carrie: Princess of blood, King of horror 44 Further Reading 49 2 Dramatic Developments: The World of the Stage 51 Overview 52 Genre Study / Notes from the stage: The Broadway musical 69 Document Study / Show Boat: High tide of the American musical 77 Further Reading 83 3 Reel Life: The Art ofMotion Pictures 85 Overview 86 Genre Study / Horse sense: The logic of the western 102 Document Study / The Searchers: Monumental western 111 Further Reading 116 4 MakingWaves: Radio in American Life 119 Overview 120 Genre Study / Worlds away: Science fiction 134 Document Study / The Mercury Theater on the Air: Worlds war 142 Document Study / Buck Rogers: Finding time (in space) 149 Further Reading 153 5 Channels of Opportunity: The Arc of Television Broadcasting 155 Overview 156 Genre Study / Screened realities: Situation comedy 173 Document Study / Seriously funny: I Love Lucy 181 Further Reading 187 6 Sound Investments: The Evolution of Sound Recording 190 Overview 191 Genre Study / Joyful blues: The rise and fall of rock and roll 213 Document Study / ''Beat It'': The integration of Michael Jackson 224 Document Study / Speak Now: The gently assertive voice of Taylor Swift 232 Further Reading 237 7 Weaving the Web: The Emergence of the Internet 240 Overview 241 Genre Study / Shared exchanges: Social media 260 Document Study / Wikipedia: The wisdom of crowds 268 Further Reading 274 Index 277 ...

List of contents

List of Figures ix
 
Acknowledgments xv
 
Introduction: Medium Message 1
 
Overview 2
 
Further Reading 11
 
1 Print's Run: Publishing as Popular Culture 13
 
Overview 14
 
Genre Study / Terrifying pleasures: Horror 31
 
Document Study / The ravenous imagination of Edgar Allan Poe 38
 
Document Study / Carrie: Princess of blood, King of horror 44
 
Further Reading 49
 
2 Dramatic Developments: The World of the Stage 51
 
Overview 52
 
Genre Study / Notes from the stage: The Broadway musical 69
 
Document Study / Show Boat: High tide of the American musical 77
 
Further Reading 83
 
3 Reel Life: The Art ofMotion Pictures 85
 
Overview 86
 
Genre Study / Horse sense: The logic of the western 102
 
Document Study / The Searchers: Monumental western 111
 
Further Reading 116
 
4 MakingWaves: Radio in American Life 119
 
Overview 120
 
Genre Study / Worlds away: Science fiction 134
 
Document Study / The Mercury Theater on the Air: Worlds war 142
 
Document Study / Buck Rogers: Finding time (in space) 149
 
Further Reading 153
 
5 Channels of Opportunity: The Arc of Television Broadcasting 155
 
Overview 156
 
Genre Study / Screened realities: Situation comedy 173
 
Document Study / Seriously funny: I Love Lucy 181
 
Further Reading 187
 
6 Sound Investments: The Evolution of Sound Recording 190
 
Overview 191
 
Genre Study / Joyful blues: The rise and fall of rock and roll 213
 
Document Study / ''Beat It'': The integration of Michael Jackson 224
 
Document Study / Speak Now: The gently assertive voice of Taylor Swift 232
 
Further Reading 237
 
7 Weaving the Web: The Emergence of the Internet 240
 
Overview 241
 
Genre Study / Shared exchanges: Social media 260
 
Document Study / Wikipedia: The wisdom of crowds 268
 
Further Reading 274
 
Index 277

Report

"Until now, there has not been a teachable history of mass media. Cullen's deftly distilled historiographies will please teachers and the well-chosen genre essays and case studies will inspire great classroom discussions."
--Andrew Haley, The University of Southern Mississippi
 
"With its informative overviews and rich document studies, A Short History of the Modern Media should prove an essential work for any course on the history and meaning of modern media."
--Louis P. Masur, Rutgers University
 
"An excellent introduction to the technologies, industries, cultural forms, and genres that constitute our media landscape. Cullen shows that the history of our media is in many ways the history of our sociality and our intimacies."
--Matthew Frye Jacobson, Yale University

Product details

• Authors: Jim Cullen, Jim (Ethical Cultural Fieldston School Cullen
• Assisted by: Jim Cullen (Editor)
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.10.2013
• EAN: 9781444351415
• ISBN: 978-1-4443-5141-5
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Kulturgeschichte, Geschichte, History, Amerika im 20. Jahrhundert, 20th Century America, American Social & Cultural History, Sozial- u. Kulturgeschichte Amerikas