La creación de la imagen del periodista y del periodismo en el cine occidental.Análisis de las películas con el premio Óscar

  1. ZHANG, HAO
Supervised by:
  1. María Luisa Sánchez Calero Director
  2. María Jesús Casals Carro Director

Defence university: Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Fecha de defensa: 01 April 2022

Committee:
  1. Joaquín María Aguirre Romero Chair
  2. Montse Mera Fernández Secretary
  3. Maria de la Cruz Aguado Guadalupe Committee member
  4. Antonio López Hidalgo Committee member
  5. José Manuel Chillón Lorenzo Committee member

Type: Thesis

Abstract

The purpose of this thesis is to study the image of journalists and journalism in films. Itis composed of two main parts: the first one focuses on the creation and change of the imaginary of journalists and journalism in the winning and nominated films of The Oscars from the 1930s onwards, and the second one focuses on the changing media and mass media theories, with the intention to explore the sociocultural factors that influence journalism in different periods of the history. In order to carry out this study effectively, this paper uses 75 films relating to journalists and journalism from 1929 to 2018 as the research object. We provide a detailed and indepth analysis of the texts of the films from the different periods, rater than a general description of these films...