Negotiating in the Press: American Journalism and Diplomacy, 1918-1919 Contributor(s): Hayden, Joseph R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807135151 ISBN-13: 9780807135150 Publisher: LSU Press OUR PRICE: $42.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2010 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 20th Century - Social Science | Media Studies - Political Science |
Dewey: 070.449 |
LCCN: 2009020003 |
Series: Media & Public Affairs |
Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5.8" W x 9.1" (1.40 lbs) 328 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Western Europe |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Negotiating in the Press offers a new interpretation of an otherwise dark moment in American journalism. Rather than emphasize the familiar story of lost journalistic freedom during World War I, Joseph R. Hayden describes the press's newfound power in the war's aftermath -- that seminal moment when journalists discovered their ability to help broker peace talks. He examines the role of the American press at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, looking at journalists' influence on the peace process and their relationship to heads of state and other delegation members. Challenging prevailing historical accounts that assume the press was peripheral to the quest for peace, Hayden demonstrates that journalists instead played an integral part in the talks, by serving as public ambassadors. |