The Year That Defined American Journalism: 1897 and the Clash of Paradigms
Newspaper Research Journal › Vol. 28 Nbr. 2, April 2007
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The opposing paradigms were first, William Randolph Hearst's yellow "journalism of action," which was participatory in nature and acted as advocate and change agent, and second, Lincoln Steffens' literary approach, best represented by the writing that appeared in the New York Commercial Advertiser where he was city editor.
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The Year That Defined American Journalism: 1897 and the Clash of Paradigms
The Year That Defined American Journalism: 1897 and the Clash of Paradigms, by W. Joseph Campbell (New York: Routledge, 2006) 344 pages, $27.95 (paperback).
Reviewed by Ronald R. Rodgers"To give the study breadth, it should cover a sufficient span of years to disclose trends, to allow for the lag between events and the comments which would...See the full content of this document
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