首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Between 1883 and 1837, the publishers of a "penny press" proved that a low-priced paper, edited to interest ordinary people, cou
Between 1883 and 1837, the publishers of a "penny press" proved that a low-priced paper, edited to interest ordinary people, cou
admin
2013-05-29
57
问题
Between 1883 and 1837, the publishers of a "penny press" proved that a low-priced paper, edited to interest ordinary people, could win what amounted to a mass circulation for the times and thereby attract an advertising volume that would make it independent. These were papers for the common citizen and were not tied to the interests of the business community, like the mercantile press, or dependent for financial support upon political party allegiance. It did not necessarily follow that all the penny papers would be superior in their handling of the news and opinion functions. But the door was open for some to make important journalistic advances.
The first offerings of a penny paper tended to be highly sensational; human interest stories overshadowed important news, and crime and sex stories were written in full detail. But as the penny paper attracted readers from various social and economic brackets, its sensationalism was modified. The ordinary reader came to want a better product, too. A popularized style of writing and presentation of news remained, but the penny paper became a respectable publication that offered significant information and editorial leadership. Once the first of the successful penny papers had shown the way, later ventures could enter the competition at the higher level of journalistic responsibility the pioneering papers had reached.
This was the pattern of American newspapers in the years following the founding of the New York sun in 1833. The Sun, published by Benjamin Day, entered the lists against 11 other dailies. It was tiny in comparison; but it was bright and readable, and it preferred human interest features to important but dull political speech reports. It had a police reporter writing squibs of crime news in the style already proved successful by some other papers. And, most important, it sold for a penny, whereas its competitors sold for six cents. By 1837 the Sun was printing 30,000 copies a day, which was more than the total of all 11 New York daily newspapers combined when the Sun first appeared. In those same four years James Gordon Bennett brought out his New York Herald (1835), and a trio of New York printers who were imitating Day’s success founded the Philadelphia Public Ledger (1836) and the Baltimore Sun (1837). The four penny sheets all became famed newspapers.
What does the first paragraph say about the "penny press"?
选项
A、It was known for its in-depth news reporting.
B、It had an involvement with some political parties.
C、It depended on the business community for survival.
D、It aimed at pleasing the general publi
答案
D
解析
本题问第一段就大众报纸说了些什么。由“It did not necessarily follow that all the penny papers would be superior in their handling of the news and opinion functions”可知正确答案是D(它旨在取悦于大众)。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/77TO777K
0
研究生英语学位课统考(GET)
相关试题推荐
Allthepeopleinthestadiumcheeredupwhentheysawhundredsofcolorfulballoons______slowlyintothesky.
Todaybusinesscardsaredistributedbyworkingpeopleofallsocialclasses,illustratingnotonlytheuniquityofcommerciali
Todaybusinesscardsaredistributedbyworkingpeopleofallsocialclasses,illustratingnotonlytheuniquityofcommerciali
Discoveredintheearly1800sandnamed’nicotianine’,theoilyessencenowcallednicotineisthemainactiveingredientoft
Discoveredintheearly1800sandnamed’nicotianine’,theoilyessencenowcallednicotineisthemainactiveingredientoft
Inasocietywhereallaspectsofourlivesaredictatedbyscientificadvancesintechnology,scienceistheessenceofourexi
Atraditionalcritichastheadvantageofbeingableto______standardsandvaluesinheritedfromthepast.
Traditionally,thestudyofhistoryhashadfixedboundariesandfocalpoints—periods,countries,dramaticevents,andgreatlea
Ourtimesseemespecially______tobadideas,probablybecauseinthrowingofftheshacklesoftradition,wehaveendedupbeing
随机试题
A、Shereceivedfull-timeeducationabroad.B、Shegraduatedfromanopenuniversity.C、Shefinishedhersecondaryschool.D、Shes
某中国境内的公办大学要建立WWW网站,一般来说其域名的后缀应该是____。
大多数肾小球疾病是
甲(男,22周岁)为达到与乙(女,19周岁)结婚的目的,故意隐瞒乙的真实年龄办理了结婚登记。两年后,因双方经常吵架,乙以办理结婚登记时未达到法定婚龄为由向法院起诉,请求宣告婚姻无效。人民法院应如何处理?()
建立安全生产预警机制,能有效地辨识和提取隐患信息,提前进行预测警报,使企业及时、有针对性地采取预防措施,减少事故发生。下列关于预警的说法中,错误的是()。
期货公司申请金融期货经纪业务资格,其高级管理人员在近( )年内未受过刑事处罚,未因违法违规经营受过行政处罚,无不良信用记录,且不存在因涉嫌违法违规经营正在被有权机关调查的情形。
下列表达没有语病的是:
设x→0时,是比x2高阶的无穷小,其中a,b,c是常数,则().
•Readthearticlebelowabouttheimportanceofstaffappraisals.•Choosethebestsentencefromtheoppositepagetofilleac
Aroundtheworld,thereareanumberofdifferenttraditionsthatformpartofthecultureandcanrepresenteithergoodorbad
最新回复
(
0
)