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Las Vegas: Media and Myth de Lawrence J. Mullen

Las Vegas: Media and Myth

Autor Lawrence J. Mullen
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 aug 2007
With its tremendous population growth, transient lifestyle, and penchant for extravagant behavior, Las Vegas, Nevada is a sociological phenomenon full of mystery and misunderstanding. Las Vegas: Media and Myth explores the ways in which the local media help to weave together the lives of the people who live in this dynamic community. Author Lawrence J. Mullen uses interviews with numerous persons who work in the local media to create a new oral history of Las Vegas and give voice to the city's inhabitants. An examination of the newspaper, television, radio, and political dimensions of Las Vegas gives new perspective to life in this fascinating place.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780739120750
ISBN-10: 0739120751
Pagini: 165
Dimensiuni: 154 x 234 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.28 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Lexington Books
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Cuprins

Chapter 1 Foreword
Chapter 2 Introduction
Chapter 3 Part I: Newspapers
Chapter 4 Part II: Radio
Chapter 5 Part III: Television
Chapter 6 Part IV: Politics
Chapter 7 Part V: Communicators, Comedians, Critics
Chapter 8 Appendix: Vegas Sound Bites

Recenzii

A rich collection of mostly uniterrupted oral history accounts, each of them presented in first person....Mullen's book should be welcomed by not only Las Vegas locals with a firsthand connection to the local media and political scene, but by anyone fascinated by the relationship between media and culture.
Mullen's interviews, as a whole, provide a surprising cohesive image of the 'true' Las Vegas.
As someone once fully embedded in the mass media scene of Las Vegas (but surely couldn't afford the nervous energy now), I was fascinated by Lawrence Mullen's rich account of the hidden history of America's most controversial city. Mullen explodes the ingrained myths and tells where the proverbial media-related 'bodies are buried,' then exhumes and drags the tired cadavers center stage; out into the bright, neon lights, exploring some unseemly, even shadowy behavior along the way. In a place famous for imploding structures to make room for grander ones, Mullen provides an antidote to outdated media images, demystifying legends. He also focuses on a now flourishing mass media environment-one experiencing exponential growth-along with his amazing city.

Notă biografică

Paul W. Papa is a two-time finalist for the prestigious International Book Awards and a three-time finalist for the Best Book Awards, both from American Book Fest, as well as a finalist for the Indies Today Award. He is a full-time writer and ghostwriter of both fiction and nonfiction who has lived in Las Vegas for more than thirty years. It was there that he developed a fascination with the area and all its wonders while working for nearly fifteen years at several Las Vegas casinos. Something which inspired his book, Maximum Rossi. In his role as a security officer, Paul was the person who actually shut and locked the doors of the Sands Hotel and Casino for the final time. He eventually became a hotel investigator for a major Strip casino, during which time he developed a love for writing stories about uncommon events. When not at his keyboard, Paul can be found watching a classic crime noir film, investigating some old building, or sitting in a local diner eating a club sandwich and hunting down his next story.