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dc.contributor.advisorRowe, Jennifer (Jennifer Lynn)eng
dc.contributor.authorMadden, Megan L.eng
dc.date.issued2016eng
dc.date.submitted2016 Summereng
dc.descriptionThesis supervisor: Jennifer Rowe.eng
dc.description.abstract[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The purpose of this research is to discover the tools writers use to construct realistic profiles of celebrities whom have not consented to an interview. The research analyzes seven magazine articles and includes interviews with three prominent writers. By means of textual analysis and semi-structured, in-depth interviews, the researcher examines how reporting and literary techniques allow writers to craft realistic portraits of celebrities. The Social Construction of Reality Theory shows how the studied articles employ the basic understandings of how humans understand "reality" so that what has not been actually lived can still be conveyed through the written word. The result of this research shows that writers rely on common reporting techniques, such as immersion, secondary sourcing, and seeking out interviews with nonsubject primary sources, as well as literary devices such as scene construction, dialogue, and character development, to craft profiles that are realistic despite lacking in main subject participation.eng
dc.description.bibrefIncludes bibliographical references (pages 132-135).eng
dc.format.extent1 online resource (x, 135 pages)eng
dc.identifier.merlinb118563294eng
dc.identifier.oclc983466218eng
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.32469/10355/57616eng
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10355/57616
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.publisherUniversity of Missouri--Columbiaeng
dc.relation.ispartofcommunityUniversity of Missouri--Columbia. Graduate School. Theses and Dissertationseng
dc.rightsAccess to files is limited to the University of Missouri--Columbia.eng
dc.titleThe validity and craft of write-around celebrity magazine profileseng
dc.typeThesiseng
thesis.degree.disciplineJournalism (MU)eng
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Missouri--Columbiaeng
thesis.degree.levelMasterseng
thesis.degree.nameM.A.eng


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