Heroes in a global world
By: edited by Susan J. Drucker, Gary Gumpert.
Contributors: Drucker, Susan J.; Gumpert, Gary.
Series: The Hampton Press communication series
Publisher: Hampton Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cresskill, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 488
ISBN-13: 9781572736948; 9781572736955
Subjects: Heroes in mass media.; Heroes.; Civilization, Modern -- 21st century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: value: The global communication environment of heroes / Susan Drucker & Gary Gumpert; value: Heroes and/as communication / Lance Strate; value: Global identification with celebrity heroes / William J. Brown & Benson P. Fraser; value: U.S. and European heroism compared / John Dean; value: From distant heroes to intimate friends : media and the metamorphosis of affection for public figures / Joshua Meyrowitz; value: The wrinkle theory : the deconsecration of the hero / Gary Gumpert; value: The two faces of Osama bin Laden : mass media representations as a force for evil and Arabic hero / Mahmoud Eid; value: Female "heroe" at Ground Zero : verbal and visual accounts reconceptualize the "heroic" / Valerie Smith; value: Heroes in a global world : an examination of traditional folkloric and mythic formulae for heroes and contemporary iterations / Susan Duffy; value: A return of the "real?" discussions with children ages 5 to 13 about the contemporary hero / Cheryl Harris & Alison Alexander; value: Defining the heroic in a context of Arab-Islamic values : a case study of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al Nahyan of the UAE / Susan Swan & Timothy Walters; value: Orality versus monotheism or media versus narratives : biblical heroes and the media environment of the spoken word / Eva Berger; value: Menachem Begin : a hero's guiding vision / Sondra M. Rubenstein & Adam Ehrlich; value: Hero or villain, but always a celebrity : John Paul II / Maria Way; value: Gods in all things : media, culture, and cycles of heroic construction in Japan / Todd Holden; value: Shrek as a test of the universality of the hero's quest / Steven C. Combs; value: The mediated sports hero / Susan J. Drucker; value: From hero to celebrity : the political economy of stardom / Philip Drake; value: Celebrity law / Susan Drucker.