American New Media

Modern society exists not only by means of state structure , economic system , or public administration guidelines , but to great extend due to magnificent influence of mass media . The latter successfully creates stereotypes and behavior models necessary for fruitful management of human minds . Daily news gives good example of mass manipulation that flourishes in various communities all over the world . First of all after having gleaned all necessary information for the evening run-in modern media representatives thoroughly verify the materials in to avoid potential miscommunications with censorship office and satisfy the criteria

of governmental bodies that never welcome critical attitude

However , taking closer look at the beginning of the 19th century we may observe completely different picture . Back then each social class had its own characteristic features and struggled for its own development and independence especially in the light of historical events of that time . Namely , at the turn of the 20th century the USA was reaping the fruits of the Civil War and ongoing stages of reconstruction . The rise of industrialization with its corruption inside steel and oil industries , hundreds of thousands of immigrants , new scientific findings , and conflicts with Indians paved the way to interesting and motivating articles . An increasing number of people were engaged in the political and economic situation thus forming the major part of the society - the middle class . The reporters were supposed to objectively reflect and analyze all aspects of the problem . For instance , huge waves of immigrants to the USA divided even the representatives of the middle class into two groups : for and against this human migration . This happened due to the fact that new citizens were contributing to the economic situation

Serving as cheap labor force

Populating and developing remote territories , and

Doing menial jobs unattractive to Americans

Those opposing the idea of immigration were guided by the argument of negative influence of cultural diversity on original population and the decrease in economic activities . Regardless of these polar attitudes the reporters were supposed to cover the issue in such a way so nobody would be insulted or left behind

As a result , a huge number of journalists appeared advocating interests and beliefs of a certain social layer . In his book Schudson insisted that mass media and society with its middle class as a core of the state system are closely associated with each other and are complementary Wars and conflicts among low , middle , and high classes constituted the main of journalism activity in early 1800s . In Discovering The News ' Schudson claims that the s began to reveal not the life of an upper crust , but rather the life the middle-class society involved in business activities , shipping , and industry . This statement shows that the author believed that this long-term battle promoted the emergence of even bigger number of newss and magazines . Information was gaining significant social weight and gradually becoming the quickest mean for thousands of reporters to increase their income and maintain families He examined the phenomenon of reporting from the...