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13 of the Best Books and Articles on: Tabloid Journalism

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Scooped! Media Miss Real Story on Crime While Chasing Sex, Sleaze and Celebrities » Read Now
by David J. Krajicek. 239 pgs.

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The Spectacle: Media and the Making of the O.J. Simpson Story » Read Now
by Paul Thaler. 326 pgs.

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In the "Year of Simpson", the country was caught in the throes of the biggest story ever. No other single news event in our history could match the sheer scope and intensity of coverage given to the O.J. Simpson murder case. But the media did not just report the Simpson case, they were instrumental...
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In the "Year of Simpson", the country was caught in the throes of the biggest story ever. No other single news event in our history could match the sheer scope and intensity of coverage given to the O.J. Simpson murder case. But the media did not just report the Simpson case, they were instrumental in creating it - a spectacle of such stupendous proportions that it "hijacked" American culture. In this critical expose of American media, Thaler presents a riveting narrative about the men and women who gave us the story of the century. It is a tale of the media grappling with their role as news-reporting entities; seduced by the values of entertainment and tabloidism; and faced with increased competition, fragmented audiences, and frantic pressure to keep both eyes on the bottom line.
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Taming the Tabloids, in American Journalism Review » Read Now
by Darcie Lunsford. 6 pgs.

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Packaging Television News: The Effects of Tabloid on Information Processing and Evaluative Responses, in Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media » Read Now
by Maria Elizabeth Grabe, Shuhua Zhou, Annie Lang, Paul David Bolls. 18 pgs.

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...at the heart of sensational tabloid journalism practices. The answer to...both recognize and distrust tabloid journalism. Although this finding does...entertaining trivia...
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Mud and the Mainstream: When the Respectable Press Chases the National Enquirer, What's Going On?, in Columbia Journalism Review » Read Now
by Andrea Sachs. 7 pgs.

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...prostitution of American journalism." He is particularly...notion that the tabloid is paying for exclusives...and Bernstein of tabloid journalism for their...
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Shocking Secrets Revealed! The Language of Tabloid Headlines, in ETC.: A Review of General Semantics » Read Now
by Deborah Schaffer. 20 pgs.

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...promote readers feelings of closeness to individuals featured in tabloid articles is what will be called here pseudo-quotes. These...points out is fine in fiction but is...
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Mapping the Cultural Space of Journalism: How Journalists Distinguish News from Entertainment (Chap. 6 "The Clinton and Flowers Story: Too Good to Pass Up") » Read Now
by Samuel P. Winch. 192 pgs.

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Addressing the controversial issues of the blurring boundaries between news and entertainment and the movement toward sensationalism in broadcast journalism, this study examines these distinctions: how boundaries are constructed and by whom; how they are enforced or broken and why. Rather than...
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Addressing the controversial issues of the blurring boundaries between news and entertainment and the movement toward sensationalism in broadcast journalism, this study examines these distinctions: how boundaries are constructed and by whom; how they are enforced or broken and why. Rather than reflecting essential attributes by which news can be distinguished from other kinds of communication, "boundary setting" is viewed as a social construction, determined and changed by journalists wishing to assert their jurisdiction and authority and the prestige of the profession. Four instances of "boundary-work rhetoric" are examined in depth: (1) the development of roles and "rules" of television journalism during the early years of television; (2) attempts at Congressional and FTC regulation--broadcasting codes defining "bona fide" news; (3) responses to a 1992 journalistic scandal over a "Dateline NBC" story on exploding GM pickup trucks, and (4) reporting sex scandals during recent political campaigns, such as the allegations of Gennifer Flowers of her involvement with Bill Clinton. In these and other cases, journalists developed strategies to minimize harm to the profession.
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The Troubles of Journalism: A Critical Look at What's Right and Wrong with the Press ("Tabloids: Schools for Scandal" begins on p. 55, and "Creeping Tabloidization" begins on p. 84) » Read Now
by William A. Hachten. 188 pgs.

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...sensationalist tabloids. Today there...of American journalism has developed...the trash journalism as typified...supermarket tabloids and various...appearing first in...
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Explicating Sensationalism in Television News: Content and the Bells and Whistles of Form, in Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media » Read Now
by Maria Elizabeth Grabe, Shuhua Zhou, Brooke Barnett. 21 pgs.

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...sensationalism in journalism (Altschull, 1990...preoccupation with tabloid news should therefore...headlines of "yellow journalism" and the illustration...of the 1920s...
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Reporting the World: Challenges for US Media, in Harvard International Review » Read Now
by Rick Kaplan. 3 pgs.

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...domination of entertainment conglomerates had a corrosive effect on journalism? The business is becoming bigger every day. It has changed...the CEOs are not going to tell...
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Space Aliens Made Me Cynical! The View from Tabloid Valley, in Columbia Journalism Review » Read Now
by Cleo Paskal. 2 pgs.

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...growing. Just ask Bill Clinton. So perhaps its time to listen to some words of wisdom about Journalism Today, as it is seen and practiced in Tabloid Valley. SPACE ALIEN...
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News and Journalism in the UK (Discussion of tabloid journalism begins on p. 178) » Read Now
by Brian McNair. 256 pgs.

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News and Journalism in the UK is an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the political, economic and regulatory environments of press and broadcast journalism in Britain and Northern Ireland.Surveying the industry in a period of radical economic and technological change, Brian McNair...
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News and Journalism in the UK is an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the political, economic and regulatory environments of press and broadcast journalism in Britain and Northern Ireland.Surveying the industry in a period of radical economic and technological change, Brian McNair examines the main trends in journalistic media in the last two decades and assesses the challenges and future of the industry in the new millennium.Integrating both academic and journalistic perspectives on journalism, topics addressed in this revised and updated edition include:*'tabloidization', Americanisation and the supposed 'dumbing down' of journalistic standards*changing work patterns and the feminization of journalism*trends in media ownership and editorial allegiances*the impact of technological innovations such as digitalization, online media and 24 hour news*the implications of devolution for regional journalists.
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Media Ethics (Chap. 9 "Taming the Tabloids") » Read Now
by Matthew Kieran. 196 pgs.

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Media Ethics brings together philosophers, academics and media professionals to debate pressing ethical and moral questions for journalists and the media and to examine basic notions such as truth, virtue, privacy, rights, offence, harm and freedom which are used in answering them.