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Tells the story of Hollywood's depiction of American journalism from the start of the sound era. This work argues that films have relentlessly played off the image of the journalist as someone who sees through lies and hypocrisy, sticks up for the little guy, and serves democracy.

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"An incredible job of showing the image of the journalist in the movies and how that influences the public. . . . Ehrlich is one of the preeminent scholars of journalism in the movies."--Herald Review
"Ehrlich wisely avoids cataloguing every journalism movie ever made and manages to proceed both chronologically and thematically, demonstrating how genre begat genre and how archetypal figures have shape-shifted with the currents and tides of culture and history."--American Journalism

Journalism in the Movies

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    A Paperback / softback by Matthew C. Ehrlich

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      Publisher: University of Illinois Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/10/2006
      ISBN13: 9780252074325, 978-0252074325
      ISBN10: 0252074327

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Tells the story of Hollywood's depiction of American journalism from the start of the sound era. This work argues that films have relentlessly played off the image of the journalist as someone who sees through lies and hypocrisy, sticks up for the little guy, and serves democracy.

      Trade Review
      "An incredible job of showing the image of the journalist in the movies and how that influences the public. . . . Ehrlich is one of the preeminent scholars of journalism in the movies."--Herald Review
      "Ehrlich wisely avoids cataloguing every journalism movie ever made and manages to proceed both chronologically and thematically, demonstrating how genre begat genre and how archetypal figures have shape-shifted with the currents and tides of culture and history."--American Journalism

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