The Brass Check A Study Of American Journalism

Author : Sinclair Upton
Publisher : Double 9 Books
ISBN 13 : 9789357489515
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book The Brass Check A Study Of American Journalism written by Sinclair Upton and published by Double 9 Books. This book was released on 2023-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Brass Check: A Study of American Journalism" is a non-fiction book written by Sinclair Upton. The book is a scathing critique of American journalism in the early 20th century. Upton argues that the American press is controlled by the wealthy and powerful, who use it to maintain their dominance and suppress dissent. The book's title refers to the brass tokens used by streetcar conductors to ensure passengers had paid their fares. Upton uses this metaphor to argue that the American press is a tool used by the wealthy to ensure that the public remains docile and compliant. Upton examines various aspects of American journalism, including the way news is gathered and reported, the role of advertising, and the relationship between the press and the government. He argues that the press is not objective but is instead driven by profit and the interests of its owners. Moreover, "The Brass Check" is a powerful indictment of the American press and remains relevant today as a critique of media ownership and control.

Author : Upton Sinclair
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 456 pages
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Author : Upton Sinclair
Publisher : Dead Hand
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 468 pages
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Download or read book The Brass Check written by Upton Sinclair and published by Dead Hand. This book was released on 1919 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The most important and most dangerous book I have ever written." -Upton Sinclair, The Brass Check (1919) In The Brass Check: A Study of American Journalism (1919) Upton Sinclair sets out to expose the effects of "yellow journalism" and restrictions on the "free press." The book publicizes these issues with stories of lives damaged by bad press. It is remembered for the famous line, "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it" and for its contribution to the creation of the first code of ethics for journalists. It is one in a series of six books, the author wrote analyzing American institutions from a socialist perspective. Other books in this muckraking Dead-Hand collection, include: Mammonart (art, 1925), The Profits of Religion (religion, 1917), The Goose-Step (higher education, 1923), The Goslings (education, 1924), and Money Writes! (literature, 1927), all available from Cosimo Classics.

Author : Upton Sinclair
Publisher : Pasasena, Calif., The author
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 456 pages
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Download or read book The Brass Check written by Upton Sinclair and published by Pasasena, Calif., The author. This book was released on 1920 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Sinclair Upton
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ISBN 13 : 9780243823994
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Download or read book Brass Check written by Sinclair Upton and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Upton Sinclair
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ISBN 13 : 9781622364923
Total Pages : 445 pages
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Download or read book The Brass Check written by Upton Sinclair and published by . This book was released on 2012-03-31 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Upton Sinclair
Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781313491488
Total Pages : 458 pages
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Download or read book The Brass Check, a Study of American Journalism written by Upton Sinclair and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2013-01 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

Author : Eaton Sinclair
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Total Pages : 446 pages
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Download or read book The Brass Check written by Eaton Sinclair and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Upton Sinclair
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ISBN 13 : 9780359746491
Total Pages : 326 pages
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Download or read book The Brass Check written by Upton Sinclair and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-23 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Turning his muckraking talents to journalism itself, Upton Sinclair exposes a variety of the news media's ingrained biases and its agenda-serving corruption. Upton Sinclair became famous for exposing filthy and inhumane conditions in the American meat packing industry at the turn of the 20th century. Following these revelations, new laws were made protecting factory workers and their conditions. Sinclair afterwards became a figure for condemnation ? his personal life was scrutinized and subjected to spurious gossip and rumor, the cause being that the vast majority of newspaper corporations opposed his pro-worker, pro-regulation views. The title of this book alludes to a common practice in brothels: those frequenting these establishments would buy ?brass checks? to hand to the woman of their choice. Sinclair draws a parallel between such customers and the proprietors of the media, who delegate the promotion of their political, financial and social agendas to journalists willing to propagate such ideas.

Author : Upton Sinclair
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333612405
Total Pages : 450 pages
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Download or read book The Brass Check written by Upton Sinclair and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-15 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Brass Check: A Study of American Journalism He had rich relatives who were fond of him, so that he was free to escape from poverty into luxury; he had the opportunity to rise quickly in the world, if he would go into business, and devote his attention thereto. But would he find in business the ideals which he craved? He talked with business men, also he got the avor of business from the advertisements in the newspapers - and he knew that this was not what he was seeking. He cultivated the friendship of Jesus, Hamlet and Shelley, and fell in love with the young Milton and the young Goethe; in them he found his own craving for truth and beauty. Here, through the medium of art, life might be ennobled, and lifted from the muck of graft and greed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."