Heroes and scoundrels : the image of the journalist in popular culture /
Ehrlich, Matthew C., 1962-
Heroes and scoundrels : the image of the journalist in popular culture / Matthew C. Ehrlich and Joe Saltzman. - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource. - The history of communication .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction: studying the journalist's image -- History -- Professionalism -- Difference -- Power -- Image -- War -- Conclusion: imagining the future.
Whether it's the rule-defying lifer, the sharp-witted female newshound, or the irascible editor in chief, journalists in popular culture have shaped our views of the press and its role in a free society since mass culture arose over a century ago. Drawing on portrayals of journalists in television, film, radio, novels, comics, plays, and other media, Matthew C. Ehrlich and Joe Saltzman survey how popular media has depicted the profession across time. Their creative use of media artifacts provides thought-provoking forays into such fundamental issues as how pop culture mythologizes and demythologizes key events in journalism history and how it confronts issues of race, gender, and sexual orientation on the job.
9780252096990
2019719267
Journalists--Professional ethics--United States.
Journalists in motion pictures.
Journalists in literature.
Popular culture--History--United States--20th century.
Popular culture--History--United States--21st century.
Electronic Books.
PN4888 / .H476 2015
Heroes and scoundrels : the image of the journalist in popular culture / Matthew C. Ehrlich and Joe Saltzman. - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource. - The history of communication .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction: studying the journalist's image -- History -- Professionalism -- Difference -- Power -- Image -- War -- Conclusion: imagining the future.
Whether it's the rule-defying lifer, the sharp-witted female newshound, or the irascible editor in chief, journalists in popular culture have shaped our views of the press and its role in a free society since mass culture arose over a century ago. Drawing on portrayals of journalists in television, film, radio, novels, comics, plays, and other media, Matthew C. Ehrlich and Joe Saltzman survey how popular media has depicted the profession across time. Their creative use of media artifacts provides thought-provoking forays into such fundamental issues as how pop culture mythologizes and demythologizes key events in journalism history and how it confronts issues of race, gender, and sexual orientation on the job.
9780252096990
2019719267
Journalists--Professional ethics--United States.
Journalists in motion pictures.
Journalists in literature.
Popular culture--History--United States--20th century.
Popular culture--History--United States--21st century.
Electronic Books.
PN4888 / .H476 2015