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Prof. Zelizer examines media frenzy surrounding Charlie Sheen meltdown

Monday, March 07, 2011


Barbie Zelizer, Ph.D.

In an interview with National Public Radio affiliate WHYY, Barbie Zelizer, Ph.D., the Raymond Williams Professor of Communication, talked about the media’s responsibility in covering a celebrity meltdown story like the one following actor Charlie Sheen. “[…]are journalists supposed to be deciding when celebrity becomes too excessive because it's connected to mental illness? I don't think so," Prof. Zelizer said. Full story here.


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