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Despair Disguised As Entertainment: Does Oprah Winfrey Sensationalize Human Suffering In Order To Fuel Her Media Empire And Encourage Other Media To Follow?, Alana D. Cullen

Pell Scholars and Senior Theses

These papers describe position of a popular medial star Oprah Winfey and her influence for today’s culture and tries to show all the points of view on the problematic of her controversial TV show program and all the business around her. The Oprah Winfrey Show is about a certain form of social suffering that originates in the family and that is articulated from the experience and viewpoint of women inside the family. Ironically, while western photojournalism and the evening news regularly import nonwestern images of war, famine, and natural disasters, The Oprah Winfrey Show represents the first television genre that …