Heroes in a global world /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Drucker, Susan J., Gumpert, Gary
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cresskill, N.J. : Hampton Press, [2008]
Series:Hampton Press communication series. Mass communications and journalism.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • The global communication environment of heroes / Susan Drucker & Gary Gumpert
  • Heroes and/as communication / Lance Strate
  • Global identification with celebrity heroes / William J. Brown & Benson P. Fraser
  • U.S. and European heroism compared / John Dean
  • From distant heroes to intimate friends : media and the metamorphosis of affection for public figures / Joshua Meyrowitz
  • The wrinkle theory : the deconsecration of the hero / Gary Gumpert
  • The two faces of Osama bin Laden : mass media representations as a force for evil and Arabic hero / Mahmoud Eid
  • Female "heroe" at Ground Zero : verbal and visual accounts reconceptualize the "heroic" / Valerie Smith
  • Heroes in a global world : an examination of traditional folkloric and mythic formulae for heroes and contemporary iterations / Susan Duffy
  • A return of the "real?" discussions with children ages 5 to 13 about the contemporary hero / Cheryl Harris & Alison Alexander
  • Defining the heroic in a context of Arab-Islamic values : a case study of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al Nahyan of the UAE / Susan Swan & Timothy Walters
  • Orality versus monotheism or media versus narratives : biblical heroes and the media environment of the spoken word / Eva Berger
  • Menachem Begin : a hero's guiding vision / Sondra M. Rubenstein & Adam Ehrlich
  • Hero or villain, but always a celebrity : John Paul II / Maria Way
  • Gods in all things : media, culture, and cycles of heroic construction in Japan / Todd Holden
  • Shrek as a test of the universality of the hero's quest / Steven C. Combs
  • The mediated sports hero / Susan J. Drucker
  • From hero to celebrity : the political economy of stardom / Philip Drake
  • Celebrity law / Susan Drucker.