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Web Quiz - Chapter 4
1. Why/how did magazines, not newspapers, become America's first national medium?
2. How were the following two people important in women's magazine history?
A. Sarah Josepha Hale
B. Edward Bok
3. What effect did the Postal Act of 1879 have on American magazines.
4. Define "muckraking."
5. What have magazines done to respond to the threat of TV competition?
6. What is the success rate for new magazine start ups and WHY?