Sex Trafficking, Scandal, and the Transformation of Journalism, 1885-1917
Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States, 19th Century, 20th Century
| Author: | Gretchen Soderlund | ISBN: | 9780226021676 |
| Publisher: | University of Chicago Press | Publication: | June 3, 2013 |
| Imprint: | University of Chicago Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Gretchen Soderlund |
| ISBN: | 9780226021676 |
| Publisher: | University of Chicago Press |
| Publication: | June 3, 2013 |
| Imprint: | University of Chicago Press |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
