TY - JOUR
T1 - "Shock" meets "community service": J.C. Corcoran at KMOX
AU - Ehrlich, Matthew C.
AU - Contractor, Noshir S.
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - KMOX‐AM in St. Louis hired J.C. Corcoran to try to update its sound. Corcoran and KMOX represented two contrasting styles in talk radio— “shock”; and “community service.”; These styles can be seen as reflecting two visions of America—a modernist vision of civic discourse and public participation, and a postmodernist vision in which distinctions have blurred between the public and private spheres and between news and entertainment. The authors qualitatively examine the talk on a program hosted by a “shock jock”; on a respected news‐talk radio station.
AB - KMOX‐AM in St. Louis hired J.C. Corcoran to try to update its sound. Corcoran and KMOX represented two contrasting styles in talk radio— “shock”; and “community service.”; These styles can be seen as reflecting two visions of America—a modernist vision of civic discourse and public participation, and a postmodernist vision in which distinctions have blurred between the public and private spheres and between news and entertainment. The authors qualitatively examine the talk on a program hosted by a “shock jock”; on a respected news‐talk radio station.
U2 - 10.1080/19376529809384527
DO - 10.1080/19376529809384527
M3 - Article
VL - 5
SP - 22
EP - 35
JO - Journal of Radio Studies
JF - Journal of Radio Studies
ER -