The Press in Times of Crisis - Chiasson, Lloyd
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Throughout American history, the press has been incredibly adept at making the public aware. The history of the press in crisis situations is in many ways the story of public attitudes and the story of America. This book looks at the press over time and the way it has functioned in times of crisis. It considers press coverage of 13 events, spanning a time frame that includes the birth of the nation, its political, economic, and social struggles as a young country, and its civil war. It tells how a young agrarian society grew into an industrial giant, and how it changed from isolationist to a…mehr

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Throughout American history, the press has been incredibly adept at making the public aware. The history of the press in crisis situations is in many ways the story of public attitudes and the story of America. This book looks at the press over time and the way it has functioned in times of crisis. It considers press coverage of 13 events, spanning a time frame that includes the birth of the nation, its political, economic, and social struggles as a young country, and its civil war. It tells how a young agrarian society grew into an industrial giant, and how it changed from isolationist to a world power. It relates how this country coped with the growth of socialism, two world wars, civil unrest, and with the problem of world overpopulation. The American press has performed various functions throughout the years. The Colonial Press served as a vehicle of discussion, debate, and finally agitation and, in the process, may have defined itself and laid a groundwork for the press's future roles. The press has agitated, advocated, and persuaded. It has been duped, it has been unfair, and it has misled. This volume considers such concepts as advocacy journalism, a central theme of the chapters on abolitionists and David Duke, and social responsibility, a primary part of the chapter on Japanese-American internment. The press's attempt to lead public opinion is the focus of the chapters on the partisan press, the antebellum period, and the first Red Scare in 1919. The chapter on Joseph McCarthy looks at the concepts of objectivity and the use and misuse of pseudo news. The final chapter, on overpopulation, deals extensively with agenda setting.
Autorenporträt
Dr. Lloyd Chiasson Jr. is a Distinguished Professor at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana. He has written two novels, and also wrote and edited five academic texts. Along with The Ranatanland Tales, his other novel was Stutterstep, published in 2004. His academic work includes Illusive Shadows: Press Coverage of Socially Significant Trials (2003), Three Centuries of American Media (1999), The Press on Trial (1997), The Press in Crisis (1995), Reporter's Notebook (1993). His other academic works include more than 100 published articles. Dr. Chiasson is also a two-time Fulbright Scholar who taught in Riga, Latvia (1999) and Semarang, Indonesia (2008). He has 20 years professional experience as a newspaper journalist and has worked in Vermont and in Louisiana for various newspapers as a sports writer, news writer, and columnist. Dr. Chiasson has taught at six universities: the University of Southern Mississippi (Hattiesburg, Mississippi), Loyola University (New Orleans), The University of Southwestern Louisiana (Lafayette), and Nicholls State University (Thibodaux). Dr. Chiasson is married to Mary Shannon Curley and they have two daughters, Marnie Elizabeth and Cassidy Loehn, each, in her own way, greatly contributed to The Ranatanland Tales. Dr. Chiasson presently lives in Thibodaux, Louisiana.