News parade : the American newsreel and the world as spectacle /

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"A look at the United States' conflicted relationship with news and the media, through the lens of the newsreel."--

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Clark, Joseph, 1975- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2020]
Subjects:
1900-1999
Newsreels > United States > History > 20th century.
Newsreels > Social aspects > United States.
Motion picture journalism > United States > History > 20th century.
War > Press coverage > United States > History > 20th century.
Mass media > Audiences.
Actualités (Films) > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Actualités (Films) > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Guerre > Couverture de presse > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Médias > Publics.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies
Mass media > Audiences
Motion picture journalism
Newsreels
War > Press coverage
United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. "History of the most graphic and thrilling sort" : the history of the newsreel, the newsreel as history
  • News parade : the logic of the newsreel system
  • Newsreel realism : redefining the real in motion picture news
  • "Heroes of the lens" : newsreel cameramen, the Sino-Japanese War, and looking as action
  • "Come along. We're going to the Trans-Lux to hiss Roosevelt" : modernity, virtual travel and the newsreel cinema as public forum
  • Double vision : World War Two, racial uplift, and politics of visibility in the all-American newsreel
  • Conclusion. News parade's gone by?

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