TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ponce de Leon,Charles L.
TI  - Self-exposure: human-interest journalism and the emergence of celebrity in America, 1890-1940 
SN  - 0807854034 (pbk.) :
AV  - PN4888.S46 P66 2002
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Chapel Hill
PB  - University of North Carolina Press
KW  - Sensationalism in journalism
KW  - United States
KW  - Celebrities
KW  - Press coverage
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-313) and index; Becoming visible: fame and celebrity in the modern age -- The rise of celebrity journalism -- Exposure or publicity?: the paradox of celebrity journalism -- True success: the master plot of celebrity journalism -- From parasites to public servants: the rehabilitation of the rich -- Practical idealism: political celebrity in an age of reform -- There's no business like show business: celebrity and the popular culture industries -- Heroes and pretenders: athletic celebrity and the commercialization of sports
N2  - Charles Ponce de Leon provides a new interpretation of the emergence of celebrity, focusing on the development of human-interest journalism about prominent public figures. He illuminates the ways in which new forms of press coverage gradually undermined the belief that famous people were "great, " instead encouraging the public to regard them as complex, interesting, even flawed individuals
ER  -