Author: Bruce Peabody
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019998297X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
From the men and women associated with the American Revolution and Civil War to the seminal figures in the struggles for civil and women's rights, Americans have been fascinated with icons of great achievement, or at least reputation. But who spins today's narratives about American heroism, and to what end? In Where Have All the Heroes Gone?, Bruce Peabody and Krista Jenkins draw on the concept of the American hero to show an important gap between the views of political and media elites and the attitudes of the mass public. The authors contend that important changes over the past half century, including the increasing scope of new media and people's deepening political distrust, have drawn both politicians and producers of media content to the hero meme. However, popular reaction to this turn to heroism has been largely skeptical. As a result, the conversations and judgments of ordinary Americans, government officials, and media elites are often deeply divergent. Investigating the story of American heroes over the past five decades provides a narrative that can teach us about such issues as political socialization, institutional trust, and political communication.
Where Have All the Heroes Gone?
Author: Bruce Peabody
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019998297X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
From the men and women associated with the American Revolution and Civil War to the seminal figures in the struggles for civil and women's rights, Americans have been fascinated with icons of great achievement, or at least reputation. But who spins today's narratives about American heroism, and to what end? In Where Have All the Heroes Gone?, Bruce Peabody and Krista Jenkins draw on the concept of the American hero to show an important gap between the views of political and media elites and the attitudes of the mass public. The authors contend that important changes over the past half century, including the increasing scope of new media and people's deepening political distrust, have drawn both politicians and producers of media content to the hero meme. However, popular reaction to this turn to heroism has been largely skeptical. As a result, the conversations and judgments of ordinary Americans, government officials, and media elites are often deeply divergent. Investigating the story of American heroes over the past five decades provides a narrative that can teach us about such issues as political socialization, institutional trust, and political communication.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019998297X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
From the men and women associated with the American Revolution and Civil War to the seminal figures in the struggles for civil and women's rights, Americans have been fascinated with icons of great achievement, or at least reputation. But who spins today's narratives about American heroism, and to what end? In Where Have All the Heroes Gone?, Bruce Peabody and Krista Jenkins draw on the concept of the American hero to show an important gap between the views of political and media elites and the attitudes of the mass public. The authors contend that important changes over the past half century, including the increasing scope of new media and people's deepening political distrust, have drawn both politicians and producers of media content to the hero meme. However, popular reaction to this turn to heroism has been largely skeptical. As a result, the conversations and judgments of ordinary Americans, government officials, and media elites are often deeply divergent. Investigating the story of American heroes over the past five decades provides a narrative that can teach us about such issues as political socialization, institutional trust, and political communication.
Where Have All Our Heroes Gone
Author: Jon Tucci
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781728802268
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 55
Book Description
This book is a cry for heroes. We have lost our inspiration from great men and women who help us be the people we need to be.
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781728802268
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 55
Book Description
This book is a cry for heroes. We have lost our inspiration from great men and women who help us be the people we need to be.
Where Have All the Heroes Gone?
Author: Bruce Peabody
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190660473
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
From the men and women associated with the American Revolution and Civil War to the seminal figures in the struggles for civil and women's rights, Americans have been fascinated with icons of great achievement, or at least reputation. But who spins today's narratives about American heroism, and to what end? In Where Have All the Heroes Gone?, Bruce Peabody and Krista Jenkins draw on the concept of the American hero to show an important gap between the views of political and media elites and the attitudes of the mass public. The authors contend that important changes over the past half century, including the increasing scope of new media and people's deepening political distrust, have drawn both politicians and producers of media content to the hero meme. However, popular reaction to this turn to heroism has been largely skeptical. As a result, the conversations and judgments of ordinary Americans, government officials, and media elites are often deeply divergent. Investigating the story of American heroes over the past five decades provides a narrative that can teach us about such issues as political socialization, institutional trust, and political communication.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190660473
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
From the men and women associated with the American Revolution and Civil War to the seminal figures in the struggles for civil and women's rights, Americans have been fascinated with icons of great achievement, or at least reputation. But who spins today's narratives about American heroism, and to what end? In Where Have All the Heroes Gone?, Bruce Peabody and Krista Jenkins draw on the concept of the American hero to show an important gap between the views of political and media elites and the attitudes of the mass public. The authors contend that important changes over the past half century, including the increasing scope of new media and people's deepening political distrust, have drawn both politicians and producers of media content to the hero meme. However, popular reaction to this turn to heroism has been largely skeptical. As a result, the conversations and judgments of ordinary Americans, government officials, and media elites are often deeply divergent. Investigating the story of American heroes over the past five decades provides a narrative that can teach us about such issues as political socialization, institutional trust, and political communication.
Meanderings
Author: Rajendra Ramlogan
Publisher: Notion Press
ISBN:
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
Paradise lost? Op-ed journalist Rajendra Ramlogan has used his weekly column to cast a critical yet fond eye over life in his native Trinidad and Tobago, often doing so within the context of regional and international developments. Can these sister Caribbean islands play to their strengths to throw off the corruption and crime that threaten to drag them down? Since independence in the 1960s, the struggle for Trinidad and Tobago has been to fulfil its early promise, with politics descending into name-calling and self-preservation rather than attaining the aspirations and hopes of early post-colonial leaders. Its cultural diversity, with a population of mixed African and Indian descent, makes TT a unique place with music, food and holidays like nowhere else, but it can also cause tensions. Ultimately to really love a place, one must truly know it in all its imperfections.
Publisher: Notion Press
ISBN:
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
Paradise lost? Op-ed journalist Rajendra Ramlogan has used his weekly column to cast a critical yet fond eye over life in his native Trinidad and Tobago, often doing so within the context of regional and international developments. Can these sister Caribbean islands play to their strengths to throw off the corruption and crime that threaten to drag them down? Since independence in the 1960s, the struggle for Trinidad and Tobago has been to fulfil its early promise, with politics descending into name-calling and self-preservation rather than attaining the aspirations and hopes of early post-colonial leaders. Its cultural diversity, with a population of mixed African and Indian descent, makes TT a unique place with music, food and holidays like nowhere else, but it can also cause tensions. Ultimately to really love a place, one must truly know it in all its imperfections.
Where Have All the Heroes Gone?
Author: Bruce Garen Peabody
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780190660482
Category : Courage
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
'Where Have All the Heroes Gone?' provides an analysis of heroism's application and meaning among political and media elites, as well as the mass public over the past fifty years. In asking 'what has happened' to American heroes over this span, it explores how heroes are used strategically by governing officials and providers of media content in ways that are frequently divergent from and even directly opposed to popular expectations.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780190660482
Category : Courage
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
'Where Have All the Heroes Gone?' provides an analysis of heroism's application and meaning among political and media elites, as well as the mass public over the past fifty years. In asking 'what has happened' to American heroes over this span, it explores how heroes are used strategically by governing officials and providers of media content in ways that are frequently divergent from and even directly opposed to popular expectations.
Where Have All the Heroes Gone?
Author: David N. Keightley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 101
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 101
Book Description
Responsibility Matters
Author: Peter A. French
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Most of us spend a fair amount of time trying to avoid responsibility. That's not too astounding. What is surprising, says Peter French, is that we tend to dodge the good variety as well as the bad.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Most of us spend a fair amount of time trying to avoid responsibility. That's not too astounding. What is surprising, says Peter French, is that we tend to dodge the good variety as well as the bad.
Sing Your Heart Out, Country Boy
Author: Dorothy Horstman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
A Once Crowded Sky
Author: Tom King
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451652011
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
"Tom King's debut novel opens in an imaginative world of comic book superheroes struggling to take on normal lives after sacrificing their powers to save the world"--
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451652011
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
"Tom King's debut novel opens in an imaginative world of comic book superheroes struggling to take on normal lives after sacrificing their powers to save the world"--
Sociology
Author: Kurt Finsterbusch
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
ISBN: 9780879676353
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
ISBN: 9780879676353
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description