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THE PUBLIC EYE:
CELEBRITY AND PHOTOJOURNALISM IN THE MAKING OF THE
BRITISH TABLOIDS, 1904-1938
by
Ryan Linkof
________________________________________________________________________
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
(HISTORY)
August 2011
Copyright 2011 Ryan Linkof
Object Description
| Title | The public eye: celebrity and photojournalism in the making of the British tabloids, 1904-1938 |
| Author | Linkof, Ryan |
| Author email | r.linkof@gmail.com;ryanlinkof@yahoo.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | History |
| School | College of Letters, Arts And Sciences |
| Date defended/completed | 2011-05-09 |
| Date submitted | 2011-08-04 |
| Date approved | 2011-08-05 |
| Restricted until | 2011-08-05 |
| Date published | 2011-08-05 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Schwartz, Vanessa |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Meyer, Richard Levine, Philippa |
| Abstract | My dissertation locates the origins of photojournalism in the tabloid newspapers that proliferated in early twentieth-century London, and interrogates the role of tabloid photography in the transformation of ideas of celebrity, publicity, and publicness. The tabloids were the world’s first newspapers to make extensive use of the snapshot photograph as a vehicle of mass communication. The snapshot image documented a fleeting moment in time, and could be taken with or without the consent of the subject, which intensified the pressures of life in the public eye. The tabloids made the photographic exposure of unguarded moments part of their mass appeal. In this way, the proprietors, editors and photographers of the first tabloids helped produce a new way of consuming images of famous people that significantly altered the nature of celebrity culture and stoked debate about photographic intrusion into private life. In its focus on celebrity, my research contributes to debates regarding what historians have identified as Britain’s unique tensions between the rise of mass democracy and the endurance of traditional social and cultural hierarchies. As a mass cultural medium focusing on aristocratic and royal figures, the British tabloids express some of the paradoxes of British democratic culture. The tabloids simultaneously underscored the cultural centrality of traditional elites, as well as representing a challenge to their social dominance by seizing control over what kinds of information could be made public through the mediation of the camera. My project illustrates the global significance of British visual culture. Because of Britain’s international influence – both in and beyond the Empire – the tabloid format pioneered in London penetrated the journalistic culture of most of the globe. |
| Keyword | British history; celebrity; photojournalism; documentary photography; social class |
| 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 |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m |
| Rights | Linkof, Ryan |
| Access conditions | The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given. |
| Repository name | University of Southern California Digital Library |
| Repository address | USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA |
| Repository email | cisadmin@usc.edu |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume71/etd-LinkofRyan-250.pdf |
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| Full text | THE PUBLIC EYE: CELEBRITY AND PHOTOJOURNALISM IN THE MAKING OF THE BRITISH TABLOIDS, 1904-1938 by Ryan Linkof ________________________________________________________________________ A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (HISTORY) August 2011 Copyright 2011 Ryan Linkof |
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