American Government › Section H · The media › Topic H.2
The evolution of the media
Every new way of spreading news, from the printing press to the smartphone, has changed who can speak to the public and how politicians reach voters. Tracing that history explains why today's media look the way they do.
In this topic
- New technology, new politics
- Colonial papers and the party press
- The penny press and the wire
- Yellow journalism and the muckrakers
- Radio brings leaders into the home
- The television age
- Worked example: testing a famous claim
- Cable news and talk radio
- The internet and social media
- Worked example: comparing two revolutions
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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