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Book Reviews

How America gets the news: A history of U.S. Journalism.

9 Dec 2025
2025-12-Book-Review-November| Download PDF Ford Risley and Ashley Walter. How America gets the news: A history of U.S. Journalism. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2024, 239 pp., $25.20 (hardback) ISBN 9781442235267.…
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Business as usual: How sponsored media sold American capitalism in the 20th century.

4 Nov 2025
2025-11-Book-Review-November| Download PDF Jack, Caroline. Business as usual: How sponsored media sold American capitalism in the 20th century, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2024, 264 pp., $30.00 (Paperback). ISBN: 9780226835143…
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Reconsidering the History of South African Journalism: The Ghost of the Slave Press.

5 Oct 20259 Oct 2025
2025-10-Book-Review-October| Download PDF Botma, Gawie. Reconsidering the History of South African Journalism: The Ghost of the Slave Press. New York, NY: Routledge, 2025, 308 pp., $190.00 (Hardback). ISBN 9781032954714. Reviewed by…
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Last paper standing: A century of competition between the Denver Post and the Rocky Mountain News.

8 Sep 2025
2025-9-Book-Review-September| Download PDF Ward, Ken J. Last paper standing: A century of competition between the Denver Post and the Rocky Mountain News, Denver: University Press of Colorado, 2023, 278 pp.,…
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Journalism for the public good: the michener awards at fifty.

4 Aug 202514 Aug 2025
2025-8Book-Review-August| Download PDF Kierans, Kim. Journalism for the Public Good: The Michener Awards at Fifty. Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 2024, 304 pp., $38.99 (paperback) ISBN 978-1-77385-534-9. Reviewed by Jeffrey…
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Racializing Objectivity: How the White Southern Press used Journalism Standards to Defend Jim Crow.

5 Jul 20255 Jul 2025
2025-7| Download PDF Mellinger, Gwyneth. Racializing Objectivity: How the White Southern Press used Journalism Standards to Defend Jim Crow. Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press, 2024, 288 pp., $32.95 (paperback).…
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The Two Revolutions: A History of the Transgender Internet

2 Jun 2025
2025-6| Download PDF Dame-Griff, Avery. The Two Revolutions: A History of the Transgender Internet. New York, NY: NYU Press, 2023, 272 pp., $32.00 (paperback). ISBN: 9781479818310. Reviewed by Larissa Little,…
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Citizen Carl: The Editor Who Cracked Teapot Dome, Shot a Judge, and Invented the Parking Meter.

19 May 2025
2025-5| Download PDF McElroy, Jack. Citizen Carl: The Editor Who Cracked Teapot Dome, Shot a Judge, and Invented the Parking Meter. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 2024, 296…
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A History of Disinformation in the U.S.

12 Apr 2025
2025-4| Download PDF Hayden, Joseph, R. A History of Disinformation in the U.S., New York, NY: Routledge, 2024, 348 pp., $52.99 (paperback). ISBN 9781032330518 Reviewed by Paula Hunt, Independent scholar…
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Assault on the Media: The Nixon Years

5 Mar 20255 Mar 2025
2025-3| Download PDF Porter, William E. & Mascaro, Thomas A. Assault on the Media: The Nixon Years. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 2024, 660 pp., $49.95 (paperback). ISBN:…

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Michigan State University
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West Virginia University
Email: Joseph.Jones@mail.wvu.edu

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