In The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Franklin wrote about his life with the idea of improving “the circumstances of mankind” (17). Written during the Age

In Covering Islam, Edward Said examined the role of American media in portraying the Islamic world as a “hostile” environment. Americans viewed “the faith and

In Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business, Neil Postman explained that television “changed all aspects of public life (education,

In A Free and Responsible Press, Robert D. Leigh examined the report about the Commission on Freedom of the Press and discussed how the report

In Public Opinion, Walter Lippmann explained the “difficulties of public opinion” in a democratic society (19). The power of “public opinion became greater than that

In Land of Desire: Merchants, Power, and the Rise of a New American Culture, William Leach examined the “crucial formative years” of consumer capitalism in