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Daily News, Eternal Stories The Mythological Role of Journalism
Lule, Jack Publisher: The Guilford Press, New York, USA Year Published: 2001 Pages: 245pp ISBN: 1-57230-608-4 Library of Congress Number: PN4759.L85 2001 Dewey: 070.4'3'01--dc21 Resource Type: Book
Argues that in many ways news articles of today draw from age-old tales have have chastened, entertained, and entranced people since the beginning of time.
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INTRODUCTION Front-Page Myths: The News Story
I. THE STORY OF THE NEWS STORY 1 Seven Master Myths in the News: Eternal Stories 2 The Mythological Role of Journalism: Stories for Society
II. CASE STUDIES OF NEWS AS MYTH 3 The Victim: Leon Klinghoffer and News of Tragedy 4 The Scapegoat: The Killing of Huey Newton and Degrading Political Radicals 5 The Hero: Mark McGwire and "Godding up" U.S. Celebrities 6 The Good Mother: Mother Teresa and the Human Interest Story 7 The Trickster: Race, the News, and the Rape of Mike Tyson 8 The Other World: Haiti and International News Values 9 The Flood: Hurricane Mitch and News of Disasters
CONCLUSION News, Myth, and Society: Twelve Propositions
Notes Index About the Author
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