Will “celebrity journalism” get more young people consuming news?
Television, radio and increasingly, newspapers, are devoting more time and space to the activities of celebrities. But Professor James Baughman, Director of the School of Journalism & Mass Communication at UW Madison, said not everybody cares about what Angelina Jolie is up to. “One of the reasons I’ve spoken out on this is my anger over what I think is the inflation of the perception of demand for celebrity journalism,” said Baughman.