Securing the Middle Ground: Reporter Formulas in 60 Minutes.

Campbell, Richard

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Publication Date: 1987

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Securing the Middle Ground: Reporter Formulas in 60 Minutes.

Campbell, Richard

Critical Studies in Mass Communication, v4 n4 p325-50 Dec 1987

Discusses how critics of 60 Minutes have tried to account for the meaning of the popular news show. Argues that embedded in its news is the power of metaphor and formula to both transform and deform experience, to secure a middle ground for audiences, and to build unified meanings in and for a pluralistic culture. (JK)

Descriptors: Broadcast Television, Commercial Television, Content Analysis, Cultural Context, Literary Genres, News Media, News Reporting, Popular Culture, Programing (Broadcast), Story Telling, Television Research

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