Becoming the News - How Ordinary People Respond to the Media Spotlight

Becoming the News studies how ordinary people make sense of their experience as media subjects. Ruth Palmer charts the arc of the experience of ¿making¿ the news, from the events that bring an ordinary person to journalists¿ attention through their interactions with reporters and reactions to the news coverage and its aftermath.

List of contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Victims of the Press?
2. What¿s in It for Them? Weighing the Pros and Cons of Becoming a News Subject
3. The Interview Stage Part 1: Encountering Journalists
4. The Interview Stage Part 2: From Interaction to Story
5. Truth (Perceptions) and Consequences: How News Subjects Judge Accuracy and Error
6. That¿s Me! . . . But It¿s Not Me: Aesthetic, Emotional, and Existential Effects of Confronting Our News Selves
7. Celebration, Condemnation, Reputation: Audience Feedback as an Indicator of Status and Stigma
8. Making the News in a Digital World
9. Lessons for Subjects and Journalists
Note on Method
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Ruth Palmer

Summary

Becoming the News studies how ordinary people make sense of their experience as media subjects. Ruth Palmer charts the arc of the experience of “making” the news, from the events that bring an ordinary person to journalists’ attention through their interactions with reporters and reactions to the news coverage and its aftermath.

Product details

• Authors: Ruth Palmer, Palmer Ruth
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2017
• EAN: 9780231183154
• ISBN: 978-0-231-18315-4
• No. of pages: 280
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Journalism; Media Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, Reportage & collected journalism, Journalistic style guides, Writing and editing guides, Reportage, journalism or collected columns