This program traces the development of books, newspapers, and magazines in the Western world, from the invention of the printing press, metal type, paper, and oil-based ink to the present day.
This video takes viewers behind the scenes at a large daily newspaper, exploring in detail how staff members fulfill their writing, illustration, and assembly duties, and how the paper-based periodical has adapted to high-tech documentation, communication, and delivery methods.
No e-mail, no Facebook, no blogging. No Google for researching term papers, even. From here on out it’s pencils, spiral notebooks, typewriters, and good old-fashioned library books.
It’s newspapers, magazines, and books versus blogs, webzines, and e-books in this program as host Jian Ghomeshi addresses issues ranging from the popularity of citizen journalism, to the growing shift in advertiser dollars from print to the Web, to the whole Google Book Search controversy.
From the daily newspaper to the ticket that admits you to the movie, the printing industry is responsible for most of the magazines, brochures, flyers, coupons, and posters that you read.
David Carson’s boundary-breaking typography in the 1990s in Ray Gun magazine and other pop-culture books ushered in a new vision of type and page design, breaking the traditional mold of type on a page and demanding fresh eyes from the reader.
While tracing the spread of English via Internet technology, this program considers the implications of such de facto linguistic hegemony in a world of high-tech haves and have-nots
From the offices of insolvent newspapers to the vibrant yet uncertain online publishing scene, journalists are struggling to reinvent a troubled industry.
In this NewsHour program, these four literary icons—along with the highly regarded writers Frank McCourt and Susan Sontag—offer insights into their books and the heady, and sometimes frustrating, process of writing them.
Newspaper and Periodical Research
These databases offer access to historical newspapers and could be used for a paper on readership, book availability (through advertisements), and much more.
Full-text and full-image articles for newspapers dating back to the 19th century.
-Chicago Tribune, 1849-1992
-New York Times, 1857-2008
-Philadelphia Tribune, 1912-2001
-Wall Street Journal, 1889-1994
(ProQuest)
Complete digital edition of The Times (London), searchable by keyword, with views of either an article or the complete page. Includes all articles as well as advertisements and illustrations/photos.
For a combined search with other British newspapers, see British Newspapers Search
(Gale Cengage)
Find first-hand reports of world events, British explorers, business, crime, fashion, theatre and more! Full page images and illustrations.
For a combined search with other British newspapers, see British Newspapers Search
(Gale)
Full-text newspapers chronicling American culture and daily life from all 50 U.S. States from 1690 to the recent past. Search by era (historical, Presidential, or a date range), article type, place of publication and/or keyword.
Cross-search this & other Readex historical collections with Readex AllSearch
(NewsBank/Readex)
Full-text of historical general magazines, literary and professional journals, and children's and women's magazines. The full page images preserve original typography and graphic elements, including drawings.
(ProQuest)
Newspapers, pamphlets, and books gathered by the Reverend Charles Burney (1757-1817) representing the largest and most comprehensive collection of early English news media. Help Video:Searching the Burney Collection (by WCU student Alexa Mastella)
For a combined search with other British newspapers, see British Newspapers Search
(Gale Cengage)
Full-text of United States newspapers covering perspectives on historical events and the cultural history of African Americans during the 19th and 20th centuries. Cross-search this & other Readex historical collections with Readex AllSearch. (Newsbank/Readex)
Historical, full text newspapers: The Christian Recorder (1861-1902), The Colored American (1837-1841), Frederick Douglass' Paper (1851-1855; 1859-1863), Freedom's Journal (1827-1829), The National Era (1847-1860), The North Star (1847-1851), Provincial Freeman (1854-1857), Weekly Advocate (1837-1837.
(Accessible Archives).
Early English Books (EEBO) contains digital facsimile page images of virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473-1700.
(Chadwyck-Healey/ProQuest)
Search the full-text of digital images for a wide range of books published from 1701-1800 in the fields of history, literature, religion, law, fine arts, science and more.
(Gale Cengage)
