Among other things, I'll be taking a look at Matthew Goodman's "The Sun and the Moon: The Remarkable True Account of Hoaxers, Showmen, Dueling Journalists, and Lunar Man-Bats in Nineteenth-Century New York" which is an account of how tabloid journalism got its start in New York City with the newspaper New York Sun. It might be of general interest as it points out the role that the popular media plays in influencing what people think they know about reality (e.g., the moon is inhabited by Man-Bats [not to be confused with Bat-Man]). It is available on Amazon and one can read the reviews there: http://www.amazon.com/Sun-Moon-Remarkable-Journalists-Nineteenth-Century/dp/0465002579
And it is available on books.google.com in limited preview: http://books.google.com/books?id=0aSGLYbQIEMC&dq=%22Matthew+Goodman%22+%22the+sun+and+the+moon%22&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=o6IQetVYIt&sig=xsxq9x0AHcsoZyx4g4D4KDTu2mE&hl=en&ei=JDQkSozUEKWxmAf-vbWsCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4#PPP1,M1 or http://tinyurl.com/nfp7pd -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
