Media scandals
Subtitle: morality and desire in the popular culture marketplace
By: edited by James Lull and Stephen Hinerman.
Contributors: Lull, James.; Hinerman, Stephen.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
Subjects: Scandals in mass media; Mass media and culture; Mass media -- Moral and ethical aspects
Description: When personal desire goes beyond moral boundaries in the lives of public figures, a media scandal may not be far behind. But media today can make anyone with the right story a subject for scandal. The media routinely invades privacy in search of a scandal, turning secrets into narratives that ignite widespread attention. The media scandal has become a cornerstone of contemporary journalism, and a controversial trend in media performance overall. This is the first volume to evaluate scandal as a mass-mediated, globalized phenomenon. Top scholars examine how institutions and personalities ranging from politics, religion and big business to TV talkshows, sports, and popular music, become converted into scandalous commodities that drive tabloids, trash TV and "respectable" media too. By exploring how scandals fuel mass media and popular culture, this timely book will stimulate much discussion about this fascinating subject. -- Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The search for scandal / James Lull and Stephen Hinerman; title: Scandal and social theory / John B. Thompson; title: "And besides, the wench is dead" : media scandals and the globalization of communication / John Tomlinson; title: Anxiety, desire, and conflict in the American racial imagination / Herman Gray; title: What a story! : understanding the audience for scandal / S. Elizabeth Bird; title: Character, celebrity, and sexual innuendo in the mass-mediated presidency / Bruce E. Gronbeck; title: (Don't) leave me alone : tabloid narrative and the Michael Jackson child abuse scandal / Stephen Hinerman; title: Producing trash, class, and the money shot / Laura Grindstaff; title: Apollo undone : the sports scandal / David Rowe; title: Church, media, and scandal / Paul A. Soukup; title: Pushin' it to the limit : scandals and pop music / Javier Santiago-Lucerna.