Sex Trafficking, Scandal, and the Transformation of Journalism, 1885-1917

By Gretchen Soderlund

Book Overview

In Sex Trafficking, Scandal, and the Transformation of Journalism, Gretchen Soderlund offers a new way to understand sensationalism in both newspapers and reform movements. By tracing the history of high-profile print expos s on sex trafficking by journalists like William T. Stead and George Kibbe Turner, Soderlund demonstrates how controversies over gender, race, and sexuality were central to the shift from sensationalism to objectivity--and crucial to the development of journalism in the early twentieth century.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022602136X
• ISBN13: 9780226021362
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"