MCC-UE 1028 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Stardust Memories, Darva Conger, O. J. Simpson Murder Case
27 Feb 2017
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A relentless hybrid of media circus, soap opera, and tabloid journalism, that becomes a running narrative in the american information environment. Ex. death of trayvon martin, oj simpson trial, police brutality, jfk jr. "s plane crash. Ex. missing of the lindbergh child, war in the gulf. War in the gulf has its own logo, theme music, telegenic stars & played out in real time to a mass audience. Scandal came at the moment when media reached a new level of social saturation. Msnbc/fox came on the scene as well. A running soap opera over two years; the daily court procedures were televised. The nation immersed in the details, the trivia, the various players and the outcome. Created into a tv mini series & a documentary. Conger* set off a national frenzy as she became the overnight bride on the show who wants to marry a multimillionaire.
