The birth of the journalistic genre of the interview: from a judicial instrument to mass communication
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interview, James Gordon Bennett, The Herald, Journalistic genres, sensationalismAbstract
This article reviews the emergence of the journalistic genre of the interview in the United States in the 19th century. It examines the medium considered the founder of this practice and the first to publish interviews: The Herald, under the direction of James Gordon Bennett, inventor of the genre.
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