Princeton Studies in American Politics
A Century of US Social Movements in the News
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- English
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Princeton Studies in American Politics
A Century of US Social Movements in the News
About This Book
A comprehensive account of the media's coverage of social movements in the United States A new view of twentieth-century US social movements, Rough Draft of History examines how national newspapers covered social movements and the organizations driving them. Edwin Amenta and Neal Caren identify hundreds of movement organizations, from the Women's Christian Temperance Union to Occupy Wall Street, and document their treatment in the news. In doing so, Amenta and Caren provide an alternative account of US history from below, as it was refracted through journalistic lenses.Iconic organizations in the women's rights, African American civil rights, and environmental movements gained substantial media attention. But so too did now-forgotten groups, such as the German-American Alliance, Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies, and Peace and Freedom Party. Amenta and Caren show why some organizations made big news while others did not, why some were treated well while others were handled roughly. They recover forgotten stories, including that of the Townsend Plan, a Depression-era organization that helped establish Social Security. They also reveal that the media handled the civil rights movement far more harshly than popular histories recount. And they detail the difficulties movements face in today's brave new media world.Drawing from digitized newspapers across a century and through to the present, Rough Draft of History offers insights for those seeking social and political change and those trying to make sense of it.
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A Brief History of Contention: 100 Organizations in the News
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface (by Edwin Amenta)
- Introduction: Uncovering a History of US Social Movements
- 1. A Brief History of Contention: 100 Organizations in the News
- 2. Good News, Bad News, Hard News, Soft News (with Weijun Yuan)
- 3. Movement Features: A Century of News Waves (with Thomas Alan Elliott and Weijun Yuan)
- 4. Fantastic News: The Wild Media Ride of the Townsend Plan
- 5. The Race Beat and Press Beatdown: Black Rights in 1960s News
- 6. Lopsided Politics, Unbalanced Media, and US Movements Today
- Conclusion: The Past and Future of Social Movements in the News
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix
- Notes
- Index
- Series List