IJPC Includes Research, Publications, Events

Present and future projects of The Image of the Journalist in Popular Culture (IJPC) include:

• THE IJPC JOURNAL is an online peer review journal now accepting manuscripts. The Image of the Journalist in Popular Culture Journal is an online academic journal that adheres to the highest standards of peer review. Its purpose is to further the mission of the Image of the Journalist in Popular Culture Project to investigate and analyze, through research and publication, the conflicting images of journalists in every aspect of popular culture, from film, television, radio, fiction, commercials, cartoons, comic books to music, art, humor and video games – demonstrating their impact on the public’s perception of journalists.
  The IJPC Journal is an interdisciplinary journal that, while centered on journalism, is open to contributions from many disciplines and research approaches, using a variety of methods and theoretical perspectives. Original investigation is expected, as well as clear, lucid writing and presentation.

• The Image of the Journalist in Popular Culture (IJPC) Database with more than 75,500 items on journalists, public relations practitioners and media in films, television, radio, fiction, commercials and cartoons.

• IJPC Student Research Papers featuring student research papers on the image of the journalist in popular culture.

• The IJPC Associates. For an annual individual membership fee of $35 or an institution fee of $150, IJPC Associates have access to the IJPC Collection of videotapes, discs, books and other materials. Membership also includes free Premium DVDs -- IJPC 2009 Premium DVD The Image of the Gay Journalist in Movies and Television, 1929-2009, a three-disc, 4:42:23 video compilation; IJPC 2008 Premium DVD The Image of the War Correspondent in Movies and Television, 1931-2007, a two-disc, 255-Minute video, IJPC 2007 Premium DVD Journalism Ethics Goes to the Movies, a one-hour-and-50 minute video; IJPC 2006 Premium DVD The Image of the Broadcast Journalist in Movies and Television, 1937-2006," a 2 hour and 46 minute video with more than 201 clips; IJPC 2005 Premium DVD, Real-Life Journalists in Movies and Television, 1939-2003, a two-hour video compilation tracing image of the journalist in films and television from 1939 to 2003 featuring real-life journalists or actors portraying real-life journalists or movies based on the lives of real-life journalists; IJPC 2004 Premium DVD, a one-hour Sob Sisters: The Image of the Female Journalist, 1929-1933, or IJPC 2003 Premium DVD, a 78-minute 30-second revised edition of Hollywood Looks at the News, 1914-2006 video compilation with 91 movie and television clips documenting the history of journalists in film and television in the 20th and 21st century. IJPC Associates also have access to any IJPC tape not available commercially, and special discounts on IJPC publications.

• Resources. Use of http://www.ijpc.org to share research materials with the public and academic community. Includes Recommended Books, Articles and Web Sites, IJPC News, The Image of the Gay Journalist in Popular Culture and Sob Sisters: The Image of the Female Journalist in Popular Culture, which includes an introductory essay and a bibliography from 1700 to 2006 with listings for more than 8,500 films, television and radio programs, novels and short stories, plays, poetry, cartoons and comics, commercials, art and songs.

• Publication of books, periodicals, monographs, and articles. The first publication, Frank Capra and the Image of the Journalist in American Film, by Joe Saltzman, is available for purchase through the USC Bookstore.

• The IJPC Collection of more than 11,000 DVDs and videotapes, MP3 files and audio tapes (more than 5,000 hours of radio programs) and various scripts, books, more than 8,500 novels, short stories, plays, poetry, research materials, articles, and other artifacts.

• IJPC Class Materials to help you create your own class as well as The Image of the Journalist in Popular Culture class, a 200-page syllabus featuring 28 two-hour plus IJPC documentaries showing the image of the journalist in film and television from 1919 to 1990. Also lesson plans for the The Image of the Broadcast Journalist in Movies and Television, 1937-2006, The Image of the War Correspondent in Movies and Television, 1931-2007, and The Image of the Gay Journalist in Movies and Television, 1929-2009.

• Symposia, exhibits, conferences, classes, and video-audio festivals documenting the image of the journalist in popular culture.

• Surveys documenting the public perception of journalists and the journalists' perception of journalists in both fiction and nonfiction media.