Larry David Smith
Biographic Data
| ID | 6624756 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Larry David Smith |
| GIVEN NAMES | Larry David |
| FAMILY NAME | Smith |
| SIGNATURE | SMITH L D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Purdue University West Lafayette |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
There's a Reckoning on the Edge of Town: Bruce Springsteen's Darkness on The River
argues that Dylan and Springsteen are auteurs in the mold of the Woody Guthrie celebrity-singer-songwriter tradition.Building upon his study of Pete Townshend's lifework (Smith 1999)-and setting the methodological table for his subsequent study of Elvis Costello's and Joni Mitchell's songwriting careers (Smith 2004)-Smith marries the conceptual principles associated with auteur theory to his analytical technique, narrative synthesis, to interpret…
The world according to pat: The telepolitical celebrity as purveyor of political medicine
The study examines Pat Robertson's use of The 700 Club television program to establish and sustain celebrity status and in turn to promote partisan politics through seemingly objective news accounts. The findings indicate that The 700 Club news segments consistently rely on narrative techniques that mask Robertson's intensely partisan content and provide what Kenneth Burke terms symbolic medicine for his particular audience. Keywords: Kenneth Bur…
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The world according to pat: The telepolitical celebrity as purveyor of political medicine
The study examines Pat Robertson's use of The 700 Club television program to establish and sustain celebrity status and in turn to promote partisan politics through seemingly objective news accounts. The findings indicate that The 700 Club news segments consistently rely on narrative techniques that mask Robertson's intensely partisan content and provide what Kenneth Burke terms symbolic medicine for his particular audience. Keywords: Kenneth Bur…
There's a Reckoning on the Edge of Town: Bruce Springsteen's Darkness on The River
argues that Dylan and Springsteen are auteurs in the mold of the Woody Guthrie celebrity-singer-songwriter tradition.Building upon his study of Pete Townshend's lifework (Smith 1999)-and setting the methodological table for his subsequent study of Elvis Costello's and Joni Mitchell's songwriting careers (Smith 2004)-Smith marries the conceptual principles associated with auteur theory to his analytical technique, narrative synthesis, to interpret…
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