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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Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
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
Subject Headings
