About Fifty years in Media: Changes in Journalism

The media landscape has changed dramatically over the past fifty years. The advent of The American society has become an "entertainment society" and left the media backstage to movies and television dramas. In order to remain afloat, news has shifted to an entertainment mentality as well, often choosing to highlight the lives of celebrities rather than international affairs. This program discusses the changes in journalism, TV reporting, and the American society since the Class of 1955 graduated.

Links for the Harvard Class of '55:

The Home Page of the Class of 1955
Harvard University Gazette - The long view: 50 years from Harvard "We talked to some members of the Class of 1955 and found them to be a vital, enthusiastic, and generally satisfied group of guys."

The links provided below will take you to websites that are outside Harvard. Harvard University is not responsible for the content of these sites. These links have been solely provided as a means of introducing readers to the wealth of material available on the topic.

50 Years in the Media Weblinks

PBS: Media Consolidation on NOW This website is about how the consolidation in the media industry may change what we hear and see on television, in music, at the movies, and online. The Federal Communications Commission has set new guidelines that will affect major communications companies.
State of the News Media An annual report on the state of American Journalism by The Project for Excellence in Journalism. The project is part of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
[Subscription neccessary] Editor and Publisher: Top 20 Papers By Circulation, According to New FAS-FAX The Editor and Publisher is a journal covering the Newspaper Industry. This article shows that eighteen out of the top twenty newspapers have suffered weekday circulation losses.