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Jun. 30 | 2012 Bode-Pearson Prize
Nominations for the 2012 Bode-Pearson Prize for Outstanding Contributions to American Studies due
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Tucher, Andrea J. "Froth and Scum': Truth, Beauty, Goodness, and the Axe-Murder in the First Years of the New York Penny Press," New York University, March 1990.
A Critical analysis of crime reporting in the infant penny press suggests that its main duty was confirming congenial social truths and that, while its massive growth required a change in tactics, its duty remained the same. In 1836, a compact readership understood the press as a pleasant humbug. Each paper challenged readers to decide whether to believe in it, but each rewarded believers with whatever “truths” best explained their world. By 1841, the readership had grown too large for the empiricism of the humbug, and editors found in authoritativeness a new way to confirm their readers’ preferred truths.
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