Lincoln Steffens's Contribution to the Muckraking Era – Mgr. Dana Kutálová
Mgr. Dana Kutálová
Bachelor's thesis
Lincoln Steffens's Contribution to the Muckraking Era
Lincoln Steffens's Contribution to the Muckraking Era
Abstract:
Práce se snaží zhodnotit přínos Lincolna Steffense, jednoho z amerických novinářů zabývajících se odhalováním nezákonných praktik a špatných sociálních podmínek (angl. „muckrakers“). Poukazuje na některé aspekty, které mu pomohly dosáhnout kariéry uznávaného investigativního novináře, a zaměřuje se na Steffensovy články psané pro časopisy. Práce se zakládá na názorech akademických pracovníků, citátech …moreAbstract:
The thesis examines the contribution of American muckraker Lincoln Steffens. It points out some aspects which helped him to build a career of an acclaimed investigative journalist, and focuses on Steffens’s magazine articles. The thesis is based on scholars’ statements and quotations of Steffens’s contemporaries, as well as an analysis of The Shame of the Cities, a collection of articles about municipal …more
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 2. 5. 2011
Identifier:
https://is.muni.cz/th/nm1d8/
Thesis defence
- Date of defence: 14. 6. 2011
- Supervisor: B.A. Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel
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Institution archiving the thesis and making it accessible: Masarykova univerzita, Filozofická fakultaMasaryk University
Faculty of ArtsBachelor programme / field:
Philology / English Language and Literature
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