LIFELONG LEARNING ONLINE COURSE

Item Number: 218

Time Left: CLOSED

Value: $139

Online Close: Apr 8, 2009 12:00 PM CDT

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High bidder can choose this online course which starts 4-14-2009 or subsequent lifelong learning class in fall ’09.


Explore the origins of journalism in the United States - before today's 24-hour news cycle - when print media was on the rise. Learn about its importance during the early years of our country’s history through the emergence of “yellow journalism” following the Spanish-American War in this new course, based on a popular survey course that’s been taught on the UW campus since 1914. Watch for the second installment in fall 2009!

During this six-week course, you’ll learn about:






  • Press Freedom in the Colonies

  • The Press and the American Revolution

  • After the Revolution

  • The Newspaper as Booster of Party and Region

  • The Penny Press and the Discovery of Objectivity

  • The Rise of Independent Journalism and Mass Media





Instructor:
James L. Baughman, professor and director, School of Journalism and Mass Communication

Donated by

Wisconsin Alumni Association