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Reconsidering Randy Shilts: examining the reportage of America's AIDS chronicler

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dc.contributor.authorStoner, Andrew E., author
dc.contributor.authorLanders, James, advisor
dc.contributor.authorChamp, Joseph, committee member
dc.contributor.authorPlaisance, Patrick, committee member
dc.contributor.authorHogan, Michael, committee member
dc.contributor.authorBreaux, Richard, committee member
dc.date.accessioned2007-01-03T06:09:19Z
dc.date.available2007-01-03T06:09:19Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractThe role of openly-gay reporter and author Randy Shilts (1951-1994) is examined related to his use of journalistic practices and places him on a continuum of traditional reporting roles as considered in the context of twentieth century philosophers Walter Lippmann and John Dewey. Reporter functions demonstrated by Shilts are examined, including those dictated by expectations of either strong journalistic influence over society and media consumers, or those more aligned with democratic practices where education and participation emphasize strong roles for society and media consumers. Using a biographical approach including 17 primary source interviews of former colleagues, critics, sources and family/friends, the examination of Shilts work as both a reporter and noted author is presented as being heavily influenced by his forthcoming attitudes about disclosure of his sexual orientation from the start of his career and his desire to explain or unpack aspects of gay culture, and ultimately the AIDS crisis, to heterosexual audiences. Careful examination of the posthumous critique of Shilts' work - including his construction of Patient Zero - is undertaken. The study concludes that Shilts fully engaged a Lippmann-esque approach embodied in an authoritarian role for journalism that sought to change the world in which it was offered, and did so perhaps most influentially during the earliest days of the HIV/AIDS pandemic in America.
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dc.format.mediumdoctoral dissertations
dc.identifierStoner_colostate_0053A_12001.pdf
dc.identifierETDF2013500335JRTC
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10217/80978
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartof2000-2019
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dc.subjectDewey, John
dc.subjectgay journalism
dc.subjectLippmann, Walter
dc.subjectreporter function
dc.subjectreporter roles
dc.subjectShilts, Randy
dc.titleReconsidering Randy Shilts: examining the reportage of America's AIDS chronicler
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thesis.degree.disciplineJournalism and Technical Communication
thesis.degree.grantorColorado State University
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

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