Irony, argument, and reportage in television documentary

See it now versus senator McCarthy

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9237240
AutoresThomas Rosteck (Temple University, autor de correspondencia)
Año1989
Volumen75
Número3
Páginas277-298
Fecha de publicación1989-08-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaQuarterly Journal of Speech (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0033-5630 • E-ISSN: 1479-5779
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00335638909383878
OpenAlexW2031866484
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas19

Edward R. Murrow's documentary series See It Now's “Report on Senator McCarthy” is a telecast that stands as one of the most influential documents in American public discourse. It is also one of the least understood. The standard response has been to label the program as “flawed” because it was not “objective.” This essay argues that the text situates itself between the genre of objective news documentary and the genre of public argument through the ironic “use” of objectivity as a fabricated strategy of appeal

Appeal · Argument (complex analysis) · Art · Epistemology · Irony · Literature · Media studies · Objectivity (philosophy) · Political science · Public discourse · Sociology · History · Law · Literature, Film, and Journalism Analysis · Media Studies and Communication · Philosophy · Rhetoric and Communication Studies