Charles L Ponce De Leon: 3 books
That's the Way It Is
A History of Television News in America
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2015
When critics decry the current state of our public discourse, one reliably easy target is television news. It’s too dumbed-down, they say; it’s no longer news but entertainment, celebrity-obsessed and vapid.
The critics may be right. But, as Charles L. Ponce de Leon explains in That’s the...
Self-Exposure
Human-Interest Journalism and the Emergence of Celebrity in America, 1890-1940
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2003
Few features of contemporary American culture are as widely lamented as the public's obsession with celebrity--and the trivializing effect this obsession has on what appears as news. Nevertheless, America's "culture of celebrity" remains misunderstood, particularly when critics discuss its historical...
Fortunate Son
The Life of Elvis Presley
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2007
Elvis Presley was celebrity's perfect storm. His sole but substantial contribution was talent, a fact Charles L. Ponce de Leon is careful to demonstrate throughout his wonderfully contextual Fortunate Son. Even as the moments of lucidity necessary to exercise that talent grew rarer and rarer, Elvis...