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Article: The Republic of Mass Culture: Journalism, Filmmaking, and Broadcasting in America since 1941.(Book review)
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- Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media
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- September 1, 2007
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Baughman, J. L. (2006). The republic of mass culture: Journalism, filmmaking, and broadcasting in America since 1941 (3d ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. 320 pages.
When James Baughman's The Republic of Mass Culture was first published in 1992, reviewers noted its several virtues. Baughman's book offered one of the only credible scholarly overviews of political, economic, and social change in the mass media since World War II. Reviewers were impressed with how skillfully Baughman moved between media, describing the ways in which television, newspapers, magazines, and popular music changed in relation to one another. Unlike many popular histories ...