Irony, argument, and reportage in television documentary
See it now versus senator McCarthy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9237240 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas Rosteck (Temple University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 75 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 277-298 |
| Publication date | 1989-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Quarterly Journal of Speech (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-5630 • E-ISSN: 1479-5779 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00335638909383878 |
| OpenAlex | W2031866484 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 19 |
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
Making news
The end of ideology
Joe McCarthy and the Press
Decline of a paradigm? Bias and objectivity in news media studies
The Great Fear
The Image Empire
See It Now and Television's Golden Age, 1951‐58
Kenneth Burke and the Drama of Human Relations
Ideological justifications
Antecedent genre as rhetorical constraint
Kategoria and apologia
Towards an Explanation of McCarthyism
The Strange Birth ofCBS Reports' Revisited
Objectivity as Strategic Ritual
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 1990 - 2014 (25) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |