Giving Meanings to the World : The First U. S. Foreign Correspondents, 1838-1859.
Dell'Orto, Giovanna.
Giving Meanings to the World : The First U. S. Foreign Correspondents, 1838-1859. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (162 pages) - Contributions to the Study of Mass Media and Communications Series . - Contributions to the Study of Mass Media and Communications Series .
Cover -- Recent Titles in Contributions to the Study of Mass Media and Communications -- GIVING MEANINGS TO THE WORLD -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CHAPTER 1 EXPANDING MEANINGS OF THE "WORLD" -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 2 EARLY AMERICAN JOURNALISM AND NEWS FROM ABROAD -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 3 THE SHAPING OF FOREIGN NEWS: IMPROVING ON THE SINGLE ELECTRICIAN AT A SEAPORT TOWN -- THE IMPORTANCE OF FOREIGN NEWS IN MID-NINETEENTH-CENTURY NEWSPAPERS -- NEWS DIGESTS AS ONE FORM OF FOREIGN NEWS -- FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS DEFINE THEIR ROLE IN A NEW OCCUPATION -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 4 IMAGES OF THE "WORLD" IN MID-NINETEENTH-CENTURY U.S. CULTURE -- CONSTRUCTIONS OF THE "WORLD" IN EDITORIALS -- CONSTRUCTIONS OF THE "WORLD" IN FOREIGN POLICY DEBATES -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 5 CONSTRUCTIONS OF THE "WORLD" IN THE MAINSTREAM PRESS -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 6 ALTERNATIVE CONSTRUCTIONS OF THE "WORLD" -- CONSTRUCTIONS OF THE "WORLD" IN WOMEN CORRESPONDENTS' WRITINGS -- CONSTRUCTIONS OF THE "WORLD" IN AN AFRICAN AMERICAN NEWSPAPER -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 7 THE EARLIEST AMERICAN FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE: GIVING MEANINGS TO THE WORLD -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- BOOKS -- ARTICLES -- UNPUBLISHED SOURCES -- INDEX -- About the Author.
9780313012778
Foreign news -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Foreign correspondents -- United States -- Biography.
Electronic books.
PN4888.F69D45 2002
070.4/332/097309034
Giving Meanings to the World : The First U. S. Foreign Correspondents, 1838-1859. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (162 pages) - Contributions to the Study of Mass Media and Communications Series . - Contributions to the Study of Mass Media and Communications Series .
Cover -- Recent Titles in Contributions to the Study of Mass Media and Communications -- GIVING MEANINGS TO THE WORLD -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CHAPTER 1 EXPANDING MEANINGS OF THE "WORLD" -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 2 EARLY AMERICAN JOURNALISM AND NEWS FROM ABROAD -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 3 THE SHAPING OF FOREIGN NEWS: IMPROVING ON THE SINGLE ELECTRICIAN AT A SEAPORT TOWN -- THE IMPORTANCE OF FOREIGN NEWS IN MID-NINETEENTH-CENTURY NEWSPAPERS -- NEWS DIGESTS AS ONE FORM OF FOREIGN NEWS -- FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS DEFINE THEIR ROLE IN A NEW OCCUPATION -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 4 IMAGES OF THE "WORLD" IN MID-NINETEENTH-CENTURY U.S. CULTURE -- CONSTRUCTIONS OF THE "WORLD" IN EDITORIALS -- CONSTRUCTIONS OF THE "WORLD" IN FOREIGN POLICY DEBATES -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 5 CONSTRUCTIONS OF THE "WORLD" IN THE MAINSTREAM PRESS -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 6 ALTERNATIVE CONSTRUCTIONS OF THE "WORLD" -- CONSTRUCTIONS OF THE "WORLD" IN WOMEN CORRESPONDENTS' WRITINGS -- CONSTRUCTIONS OF THE "WORLD" IN AN AFRICAN AMERICAN NEWSPAPER -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 7 THE EARLIEST AMERICAN FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE: GIVING MEANINGS TO THE WORLD -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- BOOKS -- ARTICLES -- UNPUBLISHED SOURCES -- INDEX -- About the Author.
9780313012778
Foreign news -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Foreign correspondents -- United States -- Biography.
Electronic books.
PN4888.F69D45 2002
070.4/332/097309034