Patrick D. Hazard
Abstract
The mass media have played a key role in making the entertainer too much a hero in American culture, the author contends, and this misemphasis accounts in great measure for the crisis in quality in both American life and mass communication. He offers some suggestions for communicators and educators.
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The mass media have played a key role in making the entertainer too much a hero in American culture, the author contends, and this misemphasis accounts in great measure for the crisis in quality in both American life and mass communication. He offers some suggestions for communicators and educators.
Key concepts: HERO, Entertainment, Mass media, Mass culture, Key (lock), Media studies, Literature, Sociology