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THE FOURTH ESTATE IN THE THIRD DIMENSION:
THE IMAGE OF THE NEWS MEDIA
AND THE PHOTOJOURNALIST IN VIDEO GAMES
by
Jake Gaskill
A Thesis Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
MASTER OF ARTS
(JOURNALISM)
May 2008
Copyright 2008 Jake Gaskill
Object Description
| Title | The fourth estate in the third dimension: the image of the news media and the photojournalist in video games |
| Author | Gaskill, Jake |
| Author email | jpgaskill2@hotmail.com |
| Degree | Master of Arts |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Journalism (Print Journalism) |
| School | Annenberg School for Communication |
| Date defended/completed | 2008-04-01 |
| Date submitted | 2008 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2008-04-24 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Saltzman, Joe |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Pryor, Larry Thomas, Doug |
| Abstract | The goal of this discussion is to examine the techniques, styles, designs and narrative devices that video games employ -- specifically games featuring in-game news media and journalists as their heroes -- so that we might have a clearer understanding of how video games are shaping the image of the journalist in popular culture. In a time in history when the credibility of the news media is threatened regularly, and in a time when rapidly changing technologies, such as next-generation video games, are allowing audiences to experience stories in new ways, the potential for a drastic shift in the image of the journalist by way of video games is more possible than ever. This discussion will examine how developers weave fictional news media -- specifically in the form of television, radio and internet news -- into the fabrics of video game narratives to create more believable and more complex game worlds and to demonstrate the necessity for, and the societal implications of, the news media in popular culture. |
| Keyword | video game news media; video game photojournalist |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m1172 |
| Rights | Gaskill, Jake |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Gaskill-20080424 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume29/etd-Gaskill-20080424.pdf |
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| Full text | THE FOURTH ESTATE IN THE THIRD DIMENSION: THE IMAGE OF THE NEWS MEDIA AND THE PHOTOJOURNALIST IN VIDEO GAMES by Jake Gaskill A Thesis Presented to the FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF ARTS (JOURNALISM) May 2008 Copyright 2008 Jake Gaskill |
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