000			01731pam a2200217 4500
001			8068
008			031008s2004 nyu b 001 0 eng
010			_a2003020915
020			_a0465081932 (alk. paper)
092			_a302.23 _bS796c 2004
100	1		_aStarr, Paul, _d1949-
245	1	4	_aThe creation of the media : _bpolitical origins of modern communications / _cPaul Starr
260			_aNew York : _bBasic Books, _cc2004
300			_axii, 484 p. ; _c25 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 403-470) and index
505			_aThe 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. _g _r _t
520			_a" 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."
650		0	_aMass media _xPolitical aspects _zUnited States _xHistory
650		0	_aMass media _zUnited States _xHistory
651		0	_aUnited States _xPolitics and government
999			_c6946 _d6946