The press lords (late 19th century)

Joseph Pulitzer (1847-1911)Owner of the “New York World” (1883)

William Hearst (1863-1951)Owner of the “New Jork Journal” (1895)

YELLOW JOURNALISMPULITZER VS HEARST

• Newspapers were limited to local and regional news.

• Investigative reporting emerged. “Muckraking”

•The radio was iniciated.

•Propaganda dominated The Press.

•Pravda neswpaper was produced.

• The Committee on Public Information was created.

•Radio dominated this perdiod.

•Television was first demostrated.

•The great depression helped the growth of the radio.

•Radio infiltrated all aspects of American life.

•President Roosevelt made use of it to speak to the masses.

President Franklin Roosevelt- “fireside chat”.

•The media was used as a powerful toool to encourage the war effort.

•A public debate over cross-media ownership arose.

•The Fairness doctrine is created.

“The Golden Age of Television”

•The big events of the decade appeared live on the television screen.

•“Muckracking” was revided during this period.

The landing on the moon, 1969.

Vietnan war, 1965.

The media battles the government

•The “Pentagon Papers” case erupted.

•“The Watergate Scandal” occured.

The watergate Hotel.

•Explosive growth of the media.•Satellite television reported events acorss the world live.•Advertising glorified wealth, beauty and success.

•The internet links the world.•“e-zines” (electronic magazines) appeared.•Information about the world available in the computer.