True Story: How a Pulp Empire Remade Mass Media

True Story: How a Pulp Empire Remade Mass Media
ISBN-10
0674268016
ISBN-13
9780674268012
Series
True Story
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
321
Language
English
Published
2022-07-19
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Author
Shanon Fitzpatrick

Description

Focusing on Bernarr Macfadden, a bodybuilder turned publishing mogul, Shanon Fitzpatrick charts the rise and export of US mass media and consumer culture. Macfadden’s magazines—featuring fitness tips, celebrity gossip, and sensational “true” stories—created an enduring editorial template and powered worldwide demand for interactive American media.

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