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DO,
RE,
MEDIA:
THE
IMAGE
OF
THE
JOURNALIST
IN
THE
BROADWAY
MUSICAL
by
Kathleen
Annabel
Rooney
A
Thesis
Presented
to
the
FACULTY
OF
THE
USC
GRADUATE
SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY
OF
SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA
In
Partial
Fulfillment
of
the
Requirements
for
the
Degree
MASTER
OF
ARTS
(BROADCAST
JOURNALISM)
May
2012
Copyright
2012
Kathleen
Annabel
Rooney
Object Description
| Title | Do, re, media: the image of the journalist in popular culture |
| Author | Rooney, Kathleen Annabel |
| Author email | katerooney4@gmail.com;katerooney4@gmail.com |
| Degree | Master of Arts |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Journalism (Broadcast Journalism) |
| School | Annenberg School for Communication |
| Date defended/completed | 2012-05-04 |
| Date submitted | 2012-05-04 |
| Date approved | 2012-05-04 |
| Restricted until | 2012-05-04 |
| Date published | 2012-05-04 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Saltzman, Joe |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Gutierrez, Felix Fuller, Parmer |
| Abstract | Since the vaudevillian era, musicals have sought to provide audience members with a realistic, if heightened, slice of life. As the zenith for any newly crafted musical play, Broadway has been home to characters from all walks of life and many professions, including journalists. ❧ This paper compares the journalists of the stage to those portrayed in film and television. Of the 15 musicals with journalists in major or supporting roles, ten are analyzed here: Gloria Thorpe, the baseball writer in Damn Yankees; JJ Hunsecker, the gossip columnist in Sweet Smell of Success; Tess Harding, the TV newswoman in Woman of the Year; Mary Sunshine, the female journalist in Chicago; Bob Baker, the editor in Wonderful Town; Horace Miller, the photojournalist in Miss Liberty; Sammy Glick, the copy boy in What Makes Sammy Run?; Tommy Howatt, the tabloid reporter in Tenderloin; Britt Craig, the local newshound in Parade, and Lois Lane and Clark Kent of It’s a Bird…It’s a Plane…It’s Superman fame. The research presented here describes these characters in individual detail and compares them to their onscreen counterparts. ❧ Additionally, the paper explores the public impact of these characters, based on popularity, length of run, and original theatrical reviews. |
| Keyword | musicals; broadway; journalism; film; showtunes; journalists |
| 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 | Rooney, Kathleen Annabel |
| 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_Volume4/etd-RooneyKath-774.pdf |
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| Full text | DO, RE, MEDIA: THE IMAGE OF THE JOURNALIST IN THE BROADWAY MUSICAL by Kathleen Annabel Rooney A Thesis Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF ARTS (BROADCAST JOURNALISM) May 2012 Copyright 2012 Kathleen Annabel Rooney |
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