Darrell West argues against prevailing wisdom that the media has increased ininfluence in the past decade. Covering over 200 years of American historybeginning ... » 

Darrell West argues against prevailing wisdom that the media has increased ininfluence in the past decade. Covering over 200 years of American historybeginning in colonial America and ending with the present day The Rise andFall of the Media Establishment provides an overview of the media in variouskey stages of American History paying particular attention to the rise andfall in influence of the media elite. West organizes the book into fivedistinct media eras the Partisan Commercial Objective Interpretive andFragmented Media. Each chapter organized around these media eras includescase studies that illustrate the theme of that chapter. Ideal for the generalreader as well as the academic The Rise and Fall of the Media Establishmentoffers an accessible engaging book with a challenging thesis. «