The era of “Yellow Journalism” in the United States altered the way in which news was reported. The sensationalism of stories became common practice, at the forefront of the movement was Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst. Pulitzer owned the New York World and Hearst operated the New York Journal. However, the origins of “Yellow […]
This weeks assignment was about Yellow Journalism, I felt was different and a highlighted a very important part of media in United States history. My immediate reactions to the assignment were that it was valuable practice in research and highlighting the beginning of “fake news” […]
The readings for this week focused on the spread of information. Halsey’s article centered on news with the analysis of how news was spread and how newspapers have evolved to what was then considered “modern journalism” in 1919….
Of the readings this week I specifically was interested in David Gabel’s work, Competition in a Network Industry: The Telephone Industry, 1894-1910. I thought it was interesting to read about how the early competition in the telephone industry led to the quick unregulated rise of AT&T that continues to be a large monopoly to this […]
We are roughly one-third of the way through the Spring 2019 semester, and boy, where has the time gone? It seems like just yesterday when paper shortages plagued American revolutionaries, and that it took nearly six days to reach New York from Northern Virginia. Now, (well, a little before this week’s readings take place) it… Read More HIST 427: The Beginnings of Daily Journalism, The “Hello Girls,” and AT&T’s Reputation of Aggression
I found myself deeply invested in Halsey’s “The Beginnings of Daily Journalism in New York”. The article is unique in several ways. Acts as a secondary and primary source, informative of the era, the historiography of journalism, and from the perspective of a journalist in Francis Whiting Halsey. The scope of focus in the article […]
Wartime communication was something that was essential during WWI and the US’s efforts to stay in touch with the Allied forces. In order to make this communication possible, more than 25,000 women went to Europe to act as telephone operators. I found this article to be interesting for many reasons!
My group selected a political cartoon from the magazine, Puck, for our assignment on yellow journalism. Although the newspapers of William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer were more prolific and utilized yellow journalism, this magazine offered an equally important perspective to the history of yellow journalism. This magazine was used to present a satirical criticism
“The Beginnings of Daily Journalism in New York City,” by Francis Whiting Halsey was such a fun read! I was laughing by page 90, when the author stated that humans have documented accounts from ancient empires that its citizens enjoyed gossiping, and that man has always been interested in what is occurring in their neighbors […]
I was particularly interested in the reading for Thursday, The Press, Paper Shortages, and Revolution in Early America, by Roger Mellen. Mellens article focused on how paper was a major problem in early America. I also did not realize that paper was actually made from […]