Jeffrey Sadler
Journ 5050
Dr. Land
Sept. 15, 2003
Outline: Tabloid Journalism: An Annotated Bibliography
I.
Chapter 1: Primary Sources
a. Very few collections of tabloid work exist
i.
Only three research libraries have such collections
1. Bowling Green State University Popular Culture Collection
a. Partial runs of supermarket tabloids and expose
magazines Confidential and True Confessions
2. The Library Of Congress
a. Partial runs of supermarket tabloids and complete
collection of New York Daily News
3. New York Public Library Research Library
a. Partial runs of supermarket tabloids and complete
holdings of New York Evening Graphic, New York
Daily Mirror and New York Daily News
II.
Chapter 2: U.S. Print Journalism
a. Works written about printed forms of tabloid journalism
i.
General Works
1. List of works that discuss the media in general, but make
some reference to tabloid journalism
ii.
Historical Overview
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1. Works that deal with tabloid journalism before modern
times (1970s-1996)
a. The Penny Press
i. Works that deal with some aspect of the
penny press and those who produced it
b. Yellow Journalism
i. Works that examine the subject of yellow
journalism, the papers that printed it and
those who produced the works
c. Jazz Journalism
i. Works that examine this type of “flashy”
journalism and those that produced it
d. Exposes
i. Works dealing with the scandal magazines
and those who produced it
iii.
Modern Practice
1. Works that deal with modern supermarket tabloids (1970s1996)
III.
Chapter 3: U.S. Television
a. Written works about tabloid journalism in broadcast
i.
General Works
1. Works that examine television journalism in general, but
make some reference to tabloid journalism
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ii.
Historical Overview
1. Works that examine tabloid journalism before modern
times (1970s-1996)
iii.
Modern Practice
1. Works that examine television tabloid journalism in
modern times
IV.
Chapter 4: Legal Implications
a. Works on how tabloid journalism and the law have conflicted over the
years
i.
Historical Overview
1. Works on how tabloid journalism and the law have clashed
since the printing press was invented
ii.
Modern Practice
1. Works on how tabloid journalism and the law have
conflicted in modern times (1970s-1996)
V.
International Perspective
a. Works about tabloid journalism, past and present, around the world
i.
Australia
1. Historical Overview
2. Modern Practice
ii.
Canada
1. Historical Overview
2. Modern Practice
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iii.
China
iv.
Czech Republic
v.
England
1. Historical Overview
2. Modern Practice
vi.
France
1. Historical Overview
vii.
Germany
1. Modern Practice
viii.
Hungary
1. Modern Practice
ix.
India
1. Modern Practice
x.
Italy
1. Modern Practice
xi.
Japan
1. Historical Overview
2. Modern Practice
xii.
Russia
xiii.
Philippines
xiv.
Spain
1. Historical Overview
xv.
Multi-National
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1. Historical Overview
2. Modern Practice
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