Duquesne
On the Cover of The Rollin’ Stone: How Rolling Stone Magazine Frames Politics and News
Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>The Rolling Stone magazine is a significant artifact spanning throughout American pop culture; yet it has fought to be considered a legitimate news source in American media. This thesis study examines how Rolling Stone frames news and politics, and how the magazine portrays itself as being political, through its front covers. Research has shown that magazine covers “communicate,” “visually summarize” and work “as an advertisement to attract customers” (Kang & Heo, 2013). The purpose of this study is to understand how Rolling Stone presents itself as a legitimate news source and how the covers convey the publication’s identity. A mixed-methods content analysis was used to analyze both front cover artwork and front cover text. This research reveals how magazines can use their covers to establish legitimacy in American media.</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- MS
- Level thesis:degree_level
- One-year Embargo
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Journalism and Multimedia Arts
- Year dc:date.available
- 2017
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Walter, Ashley Anne
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Pamela Walck
- Michael Dillon
- Maggie Patterson
- Zeynep Tanes-Ehle
Subjects
dc:subject × 5Rights
- Language dc:language
- English
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://dsc.duq.edu/etd/153
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:dsc.duq.edu:etd-1152