Politicking and Emergent Media (eBook)

Acknowledgments

Introduction
1. The Stereopticon, The Tariff Illustrated, and the 1892 Election
Political Oratory, Partisan Pageantry, and the Public Sphere
Judge Wheeler, The Tariff Illustrated, and the 1888 Presidential Election
A Tale of Two Screens: The Democratic Party’s Use of the Stereopticon in 1888
The Stereopticon and the 1892 Election
Watching the Election Returns

2. The Stereopticon: Platform or New Media Form?
A Lexicon of the Screen
From Magic Lantern to Stereopticon: A Brief History
The Stereopticon and Presidential Politics, 1872–1884
3. Cinema, McKinley at Home, and the 1896 Election
The Nation’s Media Formation
The Stereopticon and Illustrated Lecture in the 1896 Campaign
The American Mutoscope Company and the McKinley Campaign
Campaign-Related Films at the Edison Manufacturing Company
Phonograph/Telephone/Bicycle
A Celebration of Novelty and Tradition, Spectacle and Power
Watching the Election Returns
An Assessment

4. Cinema as a Media Form
When Did Cinema Become Cinema?
Politicking and the Media After the 1896 Presidential Campaign
The Illustrated Lecture, Imperialism, and the Elections of 1898 and 1900

5. Coda
Electoral Politics and the Media
From Early Cinema to Media Archaeology?

Appendix: Referenced Documents
Abbreviations for Frequently Cited Newspapers
Notes
Bibliography
Index