penny press

(noun)

Cheap, tabloid-style newspapers produced in the United States in the mid-nineteenth century.

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Examples of penny press in the following topics:

  • A Communications Revolution

    • The United States experienced a communication revolution in in the early 1800s, during which the penny press and the electrical telegraph emerged.
    • The penny press and the electrical telegraph were among the innovations that emerged during this communications revolution.
    • In 1833, the first "penny paper," the Sun, was founded in New York.
    • Penny papers—specifically targeting the working class urban population—quickly became widespread.
    • The changes made during the Penny Press era set the standards for all future newspapers, and those standards are still implemented today.

  • Urban Recreation

    • Penny press newspapers revolutionized journalism by providing sensational human interest stories and catering to a broader audience.
    • Penny press newspapers were an important form of popular entertainment.
    • The penny press was famous for costing one cent, unlike its competitors, which could cost as much as six cents.
    • The penny press paper was revolutionary because it made the news available to lower class citizens for a reasonable price.
    • Describe the development of penny papers and their influence on the contemporary press

  • Newspapers

    • To this end, the "penny press" papers, which sold for one cent per copy, were introduced in the 1830s.
    • Penny press newspapers became an important form of popular entertainment in the mid-nineteenth century, taking the form of cheap, tabloid-style papers.
    • The penny paper was famous for costing one cent, unlike its competitors, which could cost as much as six cents.
    • James Gordon Bennett's newspaper The New York Herald added another dimension to penny press papers that is now common in journalistic practice.
    • The abolitionist press, which began with The Emancipator of 1820 and had its chief representative in William Lloyd Garrison's Liberator, forced the slavery question upon the newspapers, and a struggle for the freedom of the press ensued.

  • Print Media

    • The emergence of this new media branch in the 17th century has to be seen in close connection with the spread of the printing press from which the publishing press derives its name.
    • In 1814, The Times (London) acquired a printing press capable of making 1,100 impressions per minute.
    • Soon, the printing press was adapted to print on both sides of a page at once.
    • In 1830, the first penny press newspaper came to the market: Lynde M.
    • Penny press papers cost about one sixth the price of other newspapers and appealed to a wider audience.

  • Popular Culture

    • Popular culture of the late 19th century included paperback books, theater, and the penny press.
    • News baron Gordon Bennett's Sun was the first penny newspaper .

  • Rules of Probability for Mendelian Inheritance

    • Imagine that you are rolling a six-sided die (D) and flipping a penny (P) at the same time.
    • The die may roll any number from 1–6 (D#), whereas the penny may turn up heads (PH) or tails (PT).
    • The outcome of rolling the die has no effect on the outcome of flipping the penny and vice versa.
    • Let's imagine you are flipping a penny (P) and a quarter (Q).
    • This can be achieved by two cases: the penny is heads (PH) and the quarter is tails (QT), or the quarter is heads (QH) and the penny is tails (PT).

  • Iron, Cobalt, Copper, Nickel, and Zinc

    • Since 1982, zinc has been the main metal used in American pennies.
    • Zinc pennies should never be swallowed.
    • Zinc pennies should never be swallowed.

  • Examining the Central Limit Theorem exercises

    • The histogram below shows the distribution of ages of pennies at a bank.
    • The mean age of the pennies from Exercise 4.33 is 10.44 years with a standard deviation of 9.2 years.
    • (a) What is the probability that a randomly chosen penny weighs less than 2.4 grams?
    • (b) Describe the sampling distribution of the mean weight of 10 randomly chosen pennies.
    • (c) What is the probability that the mean weight of 10 pennies is less than 2.4 grams?

  • Freedom of the Press

    • Freedom of the press in the United States is protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution .
    • Minnesota used the 14th Amendment to apply the freedom of the press to the states.
    • The First Amendment to the Constitution guarantees Americans the right to a free press.
    • Freedom of the press is a primary civil liberty guaranteed in the First Amendment.
    • Indicate the role the Freedom of the Press in the U.S.

  • References

    • Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
    • Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.