Honors Theses
Date of Award
2012
Document Type
Undergraduate Thesis
Department
History
First Advisor
John Neff
Relational Format
Dissertation/Thesis
Abstract
This thesis investigates the development of sensational crime reporting in New York in the early-Nineteenth Century. In order to fully understand the introduction of crime reporting into newspapers, I used a significant amount of secondary sources to understand the changes in the city, culture and the history of newspapers. I also took advantage of microfilm of newspapers from the 1830s and 1840s to look firsthand at the development of crime reporting in New York City newspapers. Through studying three significant murders and their coverage in the newspaper, I was able to establish and understand the development of a new type of news coverage—sensational crime reporting.
Recommended Citation
Toczylowski, Marta Catherine, "Deeds of Death, and Blood': The Introduction of Sensational Crime Reporting into Nineteenth Century Penny Press" (2012). Honors Theses. 2441.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/hon_thesis/2441
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