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The age of the mediathon

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The pervasive influence of 24-hour national news channels, begun with CNN's rise to prominence via Persian Gulf War hype, has morphed into essential American entertainment medium, disposable as popcorn. Some prime victims of the experience comment, including Monica Lewinsky, Woody Allen, Darva Conger, and O.J. Simpson.

Author: Rich, Frank
Publisher: The New York Times Company
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 2000
Industry Overview, Cover Story, Influence, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Ethical aspects, Popular culture, Celebrities, Media coverage, Television broadcasting of news, Television news, Television, Tabloid newspapers, Persian Gulf War, 1991, Sensationalism, Sensationalism in television, Allen, Woody, Simpson, O.J., Lewinsky, Monica, Conger, Darva

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Horror stories

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The media gave a great deal of coverage to the reports that Pepsi bottles were contaminated with syringe needles because it addressed people's underlying fears about AIDS and product tampering. 'Jurassic Park' let people divert their attention from real fears to something imaginary.

Author: Rich, Frank
Publisher: The New York Times Company
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 1993
Column, Fear, Product tampering, Jurassic Park (Motion picture)

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On the cultural battlefields: wars change everything. And then the culture marketplace changes the wars

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The ways wars change society are cause for much pontificating. Less ink is spilled on the way the culture alters the war in its memory, through the mediation of movies, television, and other pop culture outlets.

Author: Rich, Frank
Publisher: The New York Times Company
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 2001
Portrayals, Wars, War, War films, War movies

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