TY - BOOK ID - 137136482 TI - Informing a nation : the newspaper presidency of Thomas Jefferson PY - 2021 SN - 0472128558 PB - Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, DB - UniCat KW - Newspapers KW - Mass media KW - Political aspects KW - Jefferson, Thomas, KW - In mass media. KW - Political and social views. KW - The National intelligencer and Washington advertiser. KW - 1800-1899 KW - United States. KW - Newspapers. KW - Political aspects. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:137136482 AB - During his presidency, Thomas Jefferson both sponsored and wrote for his own newspaper, the National Intelligencer and Washington Adviser. The newspaper spoke on behalf of his policies and those of his Republican, anti-federalist party, the Democratic-Republican Party, the precursor to today's Democrats. Author Mel Laracey focuses on the newspaper's message during Jefferson's first term, showing how the third president used media to promote his administration and its goals against their political rivals, the Federalists. Informing a Nation shows how Jefferson and his allies dealt with political challenges, reveals hitherto unexamined aspects of the early presidency, and raises broad questions of the relationship between the presidency and media today. ER -