University of Utah Mass Communication History

Mass comm history: Inspirational. Informative. Troubling. Incomplete. Impactful. Powerful. Relevant. Join our exploration of US people, places, issues, events.

[University of Utah Mass Communication History @MassCommHist21]

@KimMangun A recent example of boosterism in Utah is the Mighty 5 Campaign, which successfully brought more than enough tourists.

This article in the Salt Lake Tribune by Brian Maffly brings the campaigns impacts to perspective.

https://t.co/9GJsPxZNJN

[University of Utah Mass Communication History @MassCommHist21]

In the early days of Deseret News, Utah journalists were determined to change eastern views and stereotypes toward Salt Lake City--boosterism was an effort to bring forth tourists, community, settlers, reputation, etc.

#MediaHistoryMatters @KimMangun

https://t.co/lLXqxFfNq4

[University of Utah Mass Communication History @MassCommHist21]

92 years after Volume One Number 0, @FortuneMagazine continues to give people the information and stories they didn't know they needed, except now they are on more accessible platforms beyond the magazine itself.

#MediaHistoryMatters @KimMangun

[FORTUNE @FortuneMagazine]

On Super Bowl eve, arguably guacamole’s biggest night, the U.S. suspended avocado imports from Mexico. https://t.co/eTvBYWHr1a

[University of Utah Mass Communication History @MassCommHist21]

A picture is worth a thousand words... and more.

Photos from Margaret Bourke-White, the first female photojournalist for @TIME magazine, each tell a story and leaves the viewer with much to think about.

#MediaHistoryMatters @KimMangun

https://t.co/PvKPexwmJA

[University of Utah Mass Communication History @MassCommHist21]

Imagine being such an influential journalist that President Roosevelt writes to your editor telling you "to go home and let me run the country for a while.”

Upton Sinclair's muckraking inspired people and forced the government to make changes.

#MediaHistoryMatters @KimMangun

[University of Utah Mass Communication History @MassCommHist21]

Learn a little something for Black History Month and= watch this quick overview of Ida B Wells, an influential journalist remembered greatly for her dedication in writing for social justice and exposing unheard-of realities via muckraking. #MediaHistoryMatters @KimMangun

[KTXS News @KTXS_News]

CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH: KTXS News producer Shayla Hudson presents the great success and life of Ida B. Wells.
https://t.co/gUFw8j3P7A

[University of Utah Mass Communication History @MassCommHist21]

To fully appreciate her works, awarding a Pulitzer Prize and creating a doll in her image might never amount to her service, but it seems a good start for what we can do today.

#MediaHistoryMatters @KimMangun

[Eugene Scott @Eugene_Scott]

Ida B. Wells won a posthumous Pulitzer Prize in 2020 for her “courageous reporting on the horrific and vicious violence against African Americans during the era of lynching” and helped to found the ⁦@NAACP⁩ https://t.co/CVRpPkDIbC

[University of Utah Mass Communication History @MassCommHist21]

Nellie Bly left her job at Dispatch, unannounced, after they assigned her to the "ladies page."

25 years later, Sarah Jaff explains how women in journalism continue to fight for equal footings for women's reporters.

#MediaHistoryMatters
@KimMangun

https://t.co/Shj3xNd9Vf

[University of Utah Mass Communication History @MassCommHist21]

Normal Rockwell's "Rosie the Riveter" remains an iconic symbol of strength nearly 80 years after its original use to recruit women as soldiers.

#MediaHistoryMatters @KimMangun

[LCMC Health @LCMCHealth]

Love everything about this. Great work, @TerranceOsborne!

New Orleans artist honors #healthcare workers with 'Front Line,' homage to Rosie the Riveter https://t.co/TnlNDFaOhG

[University of Utah Mass Communication History @MassCommHist21]

"I ast her to teach me to yodel. She taught me to yodel."

Bill Mauldin created cartoons which exposed the realities of soldier life both on and off the field, whether in combat or socializing.

#MediaHistoryMatters @KimMangun

[University of Utah Mass Communication History @MassCommHist21]

Modern day photo journalism and technology gives just about anyone access to documentation of world events.

Susan Meiselas impresses me with her work especially in Nicaragua and covering the revolution.

https://t.co/kvm6LpyVDF

[Magnum Photos @MagnumPhotos]

Curator Jen Sudul Edwards reflects on the work made by Magnum photographers on the border between Mexico and the U.S., and the role of photography in charting political change: https://t.co/gPqwiRymxT

© Susan Meiselas / Magnum Photos

[University of Utah Mass Communication History @MassCommHist21]

Life Magazine commissioned 7 artists to document soldier life and war times via painting. This is Fletcher Martins painting, a wounded soldier and caretaker, as shown on the cover of LIFE Magazine December 22, 1943.

#MediaHistoryMatters @KimMangun

[University of Utah Mass Communication History @MassCommHist21]

The discovery of horses in the air while running was monumental for more than just film technology--it changed the way we understand locomotion and physics.

#MediaHistoryMatters
@KimMangun
See more of Eadweard's research film here: https://t.co/R9tr2Kvrsx

[University of Utah Mass Communication History @MassCommHist21]

The technology at our fingertips is so incredible, this video really emphasizes just how advanced modern technology is.

Check out this presentation about the first motion pictures from Thomas Edison and Eadweard Muybridge.
#MediaHistoryMatters @KimMangun
https://t.co/ELK2Nl1CjL

[University of Utah Mass Communication History @MassCommHist21]

Interesting how historical issues are still sparking debate and being covered in media today.

This article by @marthasjones_ should convince you to read "Black Reconstruction" by W. E. B.Du Bois, and see it for yourself.

@KimMangun #MediaHistoryMatters

[University of Utah Mass Communication History @MassCommHist21]

Thanks to media influence pre-WWI, African Americans were able to fight for their country meanwhile leaving a legacy. @ErickTrickey celebrates One Hundred Years Ago, the Harlem Hellfighters Bravely Led the U.S. Into WWI. @KimMangun #MediaHistoryMatters
https://t.co/2nmYqDSEPT

[University of Utah Mass Communication History @MassCommHist21]

Today we see a new era in the history of media, in which everyday people are able to make statements using art-@Hanecdote does so with embroidery, empowering her own hobbies and women's work as a whole. @KimMangun #MediaHistoryMatters

[#WOMENSART @womensart1]

Embroidery created by contemporary UK textile artist Hannah Hill aka Hanecdote #womensart

[University of Utah Mass Communication History @MassCommHist21]

In this video from the Normal Rockwell Museum, we see how his memorable art told stories in picture. It shows how historical media communicated messages and made statements through imagery.
@KimMangun
#MediaHistoryMatters
https://t.co/pjAfpdR6pS

[University of Utah Mass Communication History @MassCommHist21]

Do you take news images for granted?
We see images in news every day thanks to an old process called Daguerrotype, which used metal plates to bring photography to paper. Victoria and Albert Museum shows this in a short clip

@KimMangun #MediaHistoryMatters https://t.co/DKpd5b9aZ5

[University of Utah Mass Communication History @MassCommHist21]

The Illustrated Press revolutionized the way people receive news-imagery allowed for a better understanding of stories as proof of the reality behind them and readers became witnesses.
For example "A Typical Negro," Harpers Weekly July 4, 1863.
@KimMangun #MediaHistoryMatters