Introduction ChapterⅠ The Press in the Colonial Years（-1765） ChapterⅡ The Press and the Independent Revolution（1765-1783） ChapterⅢ The Constitution and the Bill of Rights（1783-1791） ChapterⅣ The Beginning of Partisan Newspaper（1787-1800） ChapterⅤ Mass Democracy and Changes on journalism（1800-1833） ChapterⅥ Westward Movement and the Penny Press（1833-1860） ChapterⅦ The Civil War Press and the 14th Amendment（1861-1880） ChapterⅧ Yellow Journalism in Gilded Age（1880s-1910s） ChapterⅨ Muck-racking journalism in Progressive Movement（1890s-1920s） ChapterⅩ Objective（Professional）Journalism（1920-1945） ChapterⅩⅠ Judicial Cases by the Supreme Court（1907-1954） ChapterⅩⅡ The Press in the Cold War（1945-1954） ChapterⅩⅢ Civil Rights Movement（1954-1960s） ChapterⅩⅣ Judicial Cases by the Supreme Court（1964-1989） Appendix 1 The Referenced Framework of Researching American Press Appendix 2 Basic Framework on Modern Philosophic Ideas Appendix 3 Media Market and Public Sphere Appendix 4 Classical Liberalism, Social Liberalism and Neo-Liberalism Appendix 5 Equal-time Rule and Fairness Doctrine Appendix 6 The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere Appendix 7 Library of Court Decisions for Freedom of Speech and Press Appendix 8 Basic Readings in U. S. Democracy Bibliography | 
