Sex trafficking, scandal, and the transformation of journalism, 1885-1917 / Gretchen Soderlund.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Soderlund, Gretchen, 1970-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human trafficking--Press coverage--Illinois--Chicago--History.

Human trafficking.

Human trafficking--Press coverage--New York (State)--New York--History.

Journalism--United States--History.

Journalism.

Sensationalism in journalism--United States--History.

Sensationalism in journalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Sex Trafficking, Scandal, and the Transformation of Journalism, Gretchen Soderlund offers a new way to understand sensationalism in both newspapers and reform movements. By tracing the history of high-profile print exposés on sex trafficking by journalists like William T. Stead and George Kibbe Turner, Soderlund demonstrates how controversies over gender, race, and sexuality were central to the shift from sensationalism to objectivity-and crucial to the development of journalism in the early twentieth century.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

1. White Slavery and Journalism's Shifting Axis of Truth

2. William T. Stead and the "Soul" of Sensationalism

3. The Journalism of Reform and the Reform of Journalism

4. George Kibbe Turner, Muckraking, and the Brief Reign of Piteous Facts

5. Authorizing Skepticism: The New York Times and the Demise of Muckraking

6. From Sensation to Secrecy: The Rockefeller Grand Jury and Its Aftermath

Conclusion

Notes

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780226021676

022602167X

9780226021362

022602136X

OCLC:

842262326