News for all the people : the epic story of race and the American media / Juan González and Joseph Torres.

9781844676873
1844676870

London ; New York : Verso, 2011.

English

453 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

PN4888.R3 G66 2011

302.23/0973

"Here is a new, sweeping narrative history of American news media that puts race at the center of the story. From the earliest colonial newspapers to the Internet age, America's racial divisions have played a central role in the creation of the country's media system, just as the media has contributed to--and every so often, combated--racial oppression. News for All the People reveals how racial segregation distorted the information Americans received from the mainstream media. It unearths numerous examples of how publishers and broadcasters actually fomented racial violence and discrimination through their coverage. And it chronicles the influence federal media policies exerted in such conflicts. It depicts the struggle of Black, Latino, Asian, and Native American journalists who fought to create a vibrant yet little-known alternative, democratic press, and then, beginning in the 1970s, forced open the doors of the major media companies."--Dust jacket.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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