Introduction 1
Chapter Ⅰ The Press in the Colonial Years(-1765) 1
Chapter Ⅱ The Press and the Independent Revolution(1765-1783) 14
Chapter Ⅲ The Constitution and the Bill of Rights(1783-1791) 28
Chapter Ⅳ The Beginning of Partisan Newspaper(1787-1800) 40
Chapter Ⅴ Mass Democracy and Changes on Journalism(1800-1833) 61
Chapter Ⅵ Westward Movement and the Penny Press(1833-1860) 80
Chapter Ⅶ The Civil War Press and the 14th Amendment(1861-1880) 96
Chapter Ⅷ Yellow Journalism in Gilded Age(1880s-1910s) 112
Chapter Ⅸ Muck-racking Journalism in Progressive Movement(1890s-1920s) 123
Chapter Ⅹ Objective(Professional)Journalism(1920-1945) 146
Chapter Ⅺ Judicial Cases by the Supreme Court(1907-1954) 160
Chapter Ⅻ The Press in the Cold War(1945-1954) 188
Chapter ⅩⅢ Civil Rights Movement(1954-1960s) 205
Chapter ⅩⅣ Judicial Cases by the Supreme Court(1964-1989) 219
Appendix 1 The Referenced Framework of Researching American Press 254
Appendix 2 Basic Framework on Modern Philosophic Ideas 256
Appendix 3 Media Market and Public Sphere 267
Appendix 4 Classical Liberalism,Social Liberalism and Neo-Liberalism 274
Appendix 5 Equal-time Rule and Fairness Doctrine 282
Appendix 6 The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere 288
Appendix 7 Library of Court Decisions for Freedom of Speech and Press 291
Appendix 8 Basic Readings in U.S.Democracy 295
Bibliography 298