Symbolic Leaders: Public Dramas and Public Men

ISBN-13: 9780202308678 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 272 str.

Orrin E. Klapp

Opis

Radio, television, and the press form the vast stage on which the publicdramas of our time are played to a responsive audience of millions-thepeoples of our nation and of the world. Almost anyone can steal the sceneand become a public hero, a favorite villain, or a lamented victim. How dothese persons-the symbolic leaders-emerge? Who are they? How does theclimate of public opinion affect the would-be leader? How does the publicuse its leaders?

Spis treści

One: Living With A Public Image; Two: Becoming A Symbol; Three: Dramatic Encounters; Four: Image Trouble; Five: Crisis in The Image: Type-Violation; Six: Role-Reversals; Seven: How to Be Unpopular Without Really Trying; Eight: Hero Stuff; Nine: Public Drama and Changing Society

O autorze

Orrin E. Klapp