Authors and Corporations: | , |
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In: | Pacific Journalism Review, 19, 2013, 2, p. 86 |
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Auckland University of Technology (AUT) Library
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Media Type: | Article, E-Article |
Physical Description: | 86 |
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ISSN: |
2324-2035
1023-9499 |
DOI: | 10.24135/pjr.v19i2.219 |
published in: | Pacific Journalism Review |
Language: | Undetermined |
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Collection: | Auckland University of Technology (AUT) Library (CrossRef) |
<jats:p>Unlike the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia, where celebrities are often subjected to derision in the tabloid media, the New Zealand Woman’s Weekly, the country’s longest-running women’s magazine, respects and values its local celebrities. A content analysis of cover lines on the magazine over the past eight decades reveals that although the magazine has adhered to a steadfast formula of celebrating mothers and wives, there has been a steady shift to a focus on the love lives and scandals of foreign celebrities. More recently, however, the magazine has turned its attention to well-known New Zealanders and developed its own brand of celebrity news.</jats:p> |