The penny press which emerged in the United States during the 1830's was a powerful agent of mass communicationThese newspapers were little dailies, generally four pages in length,written for the mass taste. They differed from the staid, formal presentation of the conservative press, with its emphasis on political and literary topics. The newpapers were brief and cheap, emphasizing sensational reports of police courts and juicy scandals as well as human interest stories. Twentieth- century journalism was already foreshadowed in the penny press of the 1830's
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