1st Edition

Symbolic Leaders Public Dramas and Public Men

By Orrin E. Klapp Copyright 1964
272 Pages
by Routledge

272 Pages
by Routledge

272 Pages
by Routledge

Radio, television and the press form the vast stage on which the public dramas of our time are played to a responsive audience of millions- the peoples of our nation and of the world. Almost anyone can steal the scene and become a public hero, a favorite villain or a lamented victim. How do these persons-the symbolic leaders-emerge? Who are they? How does the climate of public opinion affect the... Read more
One: Living With A Public Image; Two: Becoming A Symbol; Three: Dramatic Encounters; Four: Image Trouble; Five: Crisis in The Image: Type-Violation; Six: Role-Reversals; Seven: How to Be Unpopular Without Really Trying; Eight: Hero Stuff; Nine: Public Drama and Changing Society

Biography

Orrin E. Klapp