Straight News

By Edward Alwood

Book Overview

Addressing the critical role of the media in creating a public image of gay issues and lives, this is a comprehensive survey of how the news media have covered, or failed to cover, major lesbian and gay issues since the 1940s. A former CNN reporter, the author provides an insider's view of the changing fortunes of lesbians and gays in American print and broadcasting media.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231084366
• ISBN13: 9780231084369
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.3" x 6.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Still a brilliant book

10 years after it was published, this book is still a landmark in the field. Other scholars now are claiming to "discover" events, trends, and issues that were well covered by Alwood's book already.

A Brilliant Book

This is a superb book and an indispensable contribution to gay history. Everyone concerned about the power of journalism to inform or distort should read it.