Daily News, Eternal Stories: The Mythological Role of Journalism (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781572306066)

This compelling, often surprising book demonstrates the ways news articles of today draw from age-old tales that have chastened, challenged, entertained, and entranced people since the beginning of time. Through an insightful exploration of hundreds of New York Times articles, award-winning professor and former journalist Jack Lule reveals mythical themes in reporting on topics from terrorist hijackings to Huey Newton, from Mother Teresa to Mike Tyson. Beneath the fresh facade of current events, Lule identifies such enduring archetypes as the innocent victim, the good mother, the hero, and the trickster. In doing so, he sheds light on how media coverage shapes our thinking about many of the confounding issues of our day, including foreign policy, terrorism, race relations, and political dissent.

Winner of the MEA's 2002 Lewis Mumford Award for Outstanding Scholarship in the Ecology of Technics

Author: Jack Lule
ISBN-10: 1572306068
ISBN-13: 9781572306066
Publisher: Guilford Publications
Language: English
Published: 01/17/2001
Pages: 245
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.58d

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 02/15/2001 pg. 1087
Library Journal 03/15/2001 pg. 91
Foreword 08/01/2001 pg. 62
Choice 07/01/2001 pg. 1951