TY  - BOOK
AU  - Starr,Paul
TI  - The creation of the media: political origins of modern communications 
SN  - 0465081932 (alk. paper)
PY  - 2004///
CY  - New York
PB  - Basic Books
KW  - Mass media
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Politics and government
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 403-470) and index; The political origins of modern communications -- Part I: The opening of the public sphere, 1600-1860 -- 1.  Early modern origins -- 2. New foundations -- 3.  America's first information revolution -- 4. Capitalism  and democracy in print -- Part II: The rise of  technological networks, 1840-1930 -- 5. The first wave --  6. New connections: telephone, cable, and wireless --  Part III: The making of the modern media, 1865-1941 -- 7. Great transformations: The early mass media and the  diversity dynamic -- 8. The rediscovery of the first  amendment -- 9. The framing of the movies -- 10. The constitution of the air (1): The origins of  broadcasting -- 11. The constitution of the air (2):  Creating the new public sphere -- 12. Coda: The advent of  the media
N2  - " A sweeping social history of the political roots of the  information age, by one of this country's most  distinguished public intellectuals, the Pulitzer Prize- winning author of The Social Transformation of American  Medicine."
ER  -