Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The conception of a popular American press
2. The rise of advocacy journalism
3. Debate in the early American press
4. The victory for rights of the press
5. The heyday of the partisan press
6. The rise of professional journalism
7. The creation of press empires
8. Domination of the press by electronic media
9. Alternative journalism
10. The failure of the American news media
11. The movement toward public journalism
12. The growth of the discussion boards and the birth of the blogs
13. 9/11 and the rise of the blogosphere
14. Research, Rathergate, and the power of the blogs
15. Political reclamation and citizen journalism
Conclusion
Notes
Selected bibliography
Index.