Read John Hartleys chapter Journalism and popular culture from Handbook of Journalism Studies and the other

r short readings in the "Readings" folder. Write an essay (4-5 pages/ 8000-10000 characters long) on one of the topics below. Refer to the concepts disc ssed d ring the se!ester. "isc ss yo r topic in the conte!porary national and especially international !edia scape. ersonalities and the construction of celebrity Refer to the types of celebrities s b#ected to the p blic$s attention by the tabloid press % fro! people in&ol&ed in sports to people in (show) b siness and politics. What are the types of e&ents being co&ered' What (inds of beha&iors are ill strated' What do yo thin( is the i!pact of the different types of celebrities in the !edia and the ways they are presented to the p blic' "isc ss the c lt ral and !oral &al es of the p blic. Why does the tabloid press prefer a certain type of celebrities or scandals' )ry to e*plain the p blic$s interest abo t the social and se* al life of !edia celebrities. What (ind of pop lar c lt re references (incl ding #o(es) abo t these personalities do yo enco nter in e&eryday life and what is their connection with the ways in which the !edia represents/creates celebrities' ress and melodrama "isc ss the prod ction of )+ news and feat re stories sing techni, es enco ntered in the prod ction of fiction fil! and doc !entary fil! and the effects of these techni, es on the p blic (so ndtrac(- off-screen narrationso nd-effects- dra!atic re-enact!ent etc). "isc ss the tendency to se narrati&e str ct re- lang age and angle to constr ct &icti!s- heroes- &illains etc. .ow do tele&isions seriali/e s ccessf l stories' What !a(es the !elodra!atic approach to news-!a(ing appealing to a large a dience' "isc ss so!e e*a!ples of seriali/ed pop lar news. .ow is the p blic in&ol&ed in the de&elop!ent of !elodra!a and what is the p rpose of b ilding p to a cli!a* that is aired li&e' Sports !ournalism "isc ss the specificities of the lang age sed in sports #o rnalis! and sports co!!entary. )ry to e*plain the tendency towards se of scientific e*planations in sports co!!entary or tal(-shows. "isc ss the role of s ccessf l sportspersons as conte!porary heroes for the !asses. 0ports as gladiatorial contests. )he p blic perception on sports celebrities and the !ass-!edia infl ence. "iolent #e$s on %" +icti!s and &icti!i/ing &illains and &ilifying. )he role of dra!atic re-enact!ent. )he i!pact of tele&ised &iolence on the p blic. 1 lti&ation theory. 2ear and attention. 2ictional and non-fictional &iolence % the interaction between pop lar detecti&e/!edical series and the content of news. 2 lfilling the p blic$s e*pectations. hoto!ournalism and the tabloid press )he characteristics of i!ages in the tabloid press. 3apara//o photography and a!ate r photography. )he role of scandalo s i!ages in tabloid newspapers. "istrib ting photos on the 4nternet and pop lar c lt re % ps(irtsflashes- slips and lea(ed pict res (5ritney 0pears- 6indsay 6ohan etc.) 5 ilding news on photographs. "isc ss the p blic$s interest towards scandalo s photographs. opular tele&ision 6i&e tal(-shows % engaging the p blic thro gh phone calls- low prod ction costs. 4n&ol&ing and rewarding the a dience. . !an interest stories. )he o&ersi!plification of political reality. 0ensationalis! li&e. 7ffering the a dience a &oice. )he watchdog approach. )he ways in which tele&ision is shown to !ediate relationships between people % !a(e- p/brea(- p reality-shows. Reality sho$s )ypes of reality shows % 8slice of life9 &s co!petition. )he se of pop lar c lt re as fra!ewor( for constr cting an i!age of reality. )he &oting process in reality shows % a rit al that sti! lates ci&ic engage!ent. :arrati&e str ct res- the!es and !otifs in reality shows. 5 ilding dra!a by se of characters (5;)- <!erican 4dol etc.) 'omics and cartoons )he origins of co!ics and cartoons as !eans of e*pression. 1artoons- co!ics and #o rnalis!. 1o!ics and fiction. Reality represented thro gh the !edi ! of cartoons and co!ics. 0tandardi/ed for!s of signaling e!otion. 0e, ential art and str ct ring perception. 1o!ics and the collectible c lt re. 4deological !essages thro gh defor!ed representations of reality. 1artoons- caricat re and h !or. (nline popular media culture

5logging- =o ) be and social networ(ing sites. 1iti/en #o rnalis! and self-#o rnalis!. >edia te*ts and co!!ents % a c lt re of participatory cons !ption. 4nternet !e!es- &iral spread. Rage co!ics- i!age !acros and &iral &ideos. < c lt re of re!i* and re-!ediation. 4chan. %he culture of music &ideos )he ! sic tele&ision for!at and b siness !odel. > sic &ideos in the 80s and ?0s. )he i!pact &is al !essages. )rends- attit des and life-styles in pop lar ! sic &ideos. 4deology in pop lar &ideos. )he c lt re of ! sic &ideos and =o ) be. 3op idols- ! sic &ideos and pop lar c lt re. )aga*ines and popular culture )ypes of !aga/ines and types of a diences. < diences and seg!entation. )argeting. >aga/ines and ad&ertising. 6ife styles and attit des. )he representational c lt re of !aga/ines and yo th s bc lt res. 3ictorials- pin- ps and poses. )he reprod ction of representations in cons !er !aga/ines as !eans of selfrepresentations in pa per c lt res. (ther topics+ %he role of popular culture in !ournalism education rofessionalism in !ournalism %he public sphere and popular culture. Representation and self,representation )ass,media- popular culture and ne$ technologies Journalism and the culture of online social net$orking .efining !ournalism in the /0st century