1968 - Year of Media Decision

Thirty years ago American political life was all relentless, painful, and confounding: the Tet Offensive brought new intensity to the Vietnam War; President Lyndon Johnson would not seek re-election; Martin Luther King, Jr

List of contents

Preface
Part I: War
1. The Turning Point That Wasn't
Daniel Hallin
2. Justified Doubts
David Halberstam
3. Unfortunate Stupidity
Winant Sidle
Part II: Politics
4. Reassessing the Winners and Losers
Jules Witcover
5. Dumping Johnson
Curtis Gans
6. Good Copy
Dan T. Carter
7. Enemas for Elephants
Robert Shogan
Part III: Race
8. The Kerner Legacy
Pamela Newkirk
9. Goals for the Year 2000 and Beyond
Loren Ghiglione
10. Optimism, Pessimism and the Kerner Report
Randall Kennedy
Part IV: Protest
11. A Generational Divide at Columbia
Robert Friedman
12. A New Birth in France
Claude-Jean Bertrand
13. The Czech Press-Fighting for Change
Madeleine K. Albright
14. The Nightmare of Tlatelolco
Raymundo Riva Palacio
Part V: Cultures, 1968 and 1998
15. The Transformation of Time Magazine
James L. Baughman
16. The Best of Times
Richard Reeves
17. Climbing Down from Olympus
Andrew Tyndall
18. Finding Ourselves in the New Journalism
John J. Pauly
19. An Unexpected Aeratio
Todd Gitlin
20. From Underground to Alternative
Abe Peck
Part VI: 1968 in Books
21. Heresies of Liberalism
Godfrey Hodgson
For Further Reading
Index

About the author

Snyder, Robert

Summary

Thirty years ago American political life was all relentless, painful, and confounding: the Tet Offensive brought new intensity to the Vietnam War; President Lyndon Johnson would not seek re-election; Martin Luther King, Jr

Product details

• Authors: Robert Snyder Giles
• Assisted by: Robert Snyder (Editor), Snyder Robert (Editor)
• Publisher: Transaction Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.1999
• EAN: 9780765806215
• ISBN: 978-0-7658-0621-5
• No. of pages: 173
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; USA, Media Studies, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications, Press & journalism, Politics & government, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, Politics and government, History of the Americas, News media and journalism, Media studies: Journalism, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period)