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From Publishers Weekly
A useful scholarly book on the media's efforts to promote themselves as authorities in our collective memory of JFK's assassination.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
A former reporter for the Reuters News Agency and an assistant professor of rhetoric and communications, Zelizer asks why the news media, trained to present information in narrative form, spend so much time defending their coverage of the assassination of President Kennedy. She suggests that since no journalist in Dallas at the time actually saw the shooting, each one instead strives for acceptance as an authority in the creation of a national collective memory, which is more emotional than the journalistic story. She details this legitimizing process in an interesting and useful scholarly book that is more for media experts than Kennedy assassination groupies.
- Abraham Z. Bass, Northern Illinois Univ., DeKalb
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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Product Details
Paperback: 307 pages
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press; First Edition edition (October 1, 1993)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0226979717
ISBN-13: 978-0226979717
Product Dimensions: 0.9 x 0.6 x 0.1 inches
Shipping Weight: 15.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,176,530 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
From Publishers Weekly
A useful scholarly book on the media's efforts to promote themselves as authorities in our collective memory of JFK's assassination.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
A former reporter for the Reuters News Agency and an assistant professor of rhetoric and communications, Zelizer asks why the news media, trained to present information in narrative form, spend so much time defending their coverage of the assassination of President Kennedy. She suggests that since no journalist in Dallas at the time actually saw the shooting, each one instead strives for acceptance as an authority in the creation of a national collective memory, which is more emotional than the journalistic story. She details this legitimizing process in an interesting and useful scholarly book that is more for media experts than Kennedy assassination groupies.
- Abraham Z. Bass, Northern Illinois Univ., DeKalb
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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Product Details
Paperback: 307 pages
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press; First Edition edition (October 1, 1993)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0226979717
ISBN-13: 978-0226979717
Product Dimensions: 0.9 x 0.6 x 0.1 inches
Shipping Weight: 15.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: Be the first to review this item
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,176,530 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)