Ruth Palmer is an assistant professor of communications at IE University in Madrid and Segovia. Her work has been published in Journalism, Journalism Studies, and Literary Journalism Studies. She was also a writer and editor for the Knight Case Studies Initiative at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

• PrefaceAcknowledgments1. Victims of the Press?2. What’s in It for Them? Weighing the Pros and Cons of Becoming a News Subject3. The Interview Stage Part 1: Encountering Journalists4. The Interview Stage Part 2: From Interaction to Story5. Truth (Perceptions) and Consequences: How News Subjects Judge Accuracy and Error6. That’s Me! . . . But It’s Not Me: Aesthetic, Emotional, and Existential Effects of Confronting Our News Selves7. Celebration, Condemnation, Reputation: Audience Feedback as an Indicator of Status and Stigma8. Making the News in a Digital World9. Lessons for Subjects and JournalistsNote on MethodNotesBibliographyIndex

Becoming the News examines the seemingly mundane experience of having been mentioned in the news-an important social phenomenon that scholars have ignored and one that changes how huge numbers of Americans think not only about the news media but about themselves. Palmer weaves a compelling tapestry of classic social theory, modern scholarship, and outstanding interviews. Built on thoughtful and sensitive research and brimming with insight, Becoming the News is a breakthrough contribution to the fields of sociology and journalism studies. -- David Pritchard, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Ruth Palmer is an assistant professor of communications at IE University in Madrid and Segovia. Her work has been published in Journalism, Journalism Studies, and Literary Journalism Studies. She was also a writer and editor for the Knight Case Studies Initiative at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

• PrefaceAcknowledgments1. Victims of the Press?2. What’s in It for Them? Weighing the Pros and Cons of Becoming a News Subject3. The Interview Stage Part 1: Encountering Journalists4. The Interview Stage Part 2: From Interaction to Story5. Truth (Perceptions) and Consequences: How News Subjects Judge Accuracy and Error6. That’s Me! . . . But It’s Not Me: Aesthetic, Emotional, and Existential Effects of Confronting Our News Selves7. Celebration, Condemnation, Reputation: Audience Feedback as an Indicator of Status and Stigma8. Making the News in a Digital World9. Lessons for Subjects and JournalistsNote on MethodNotesBibliographyIndex

Becoming the News examines the seemingly mundane experience of having been mentioned in the news-an important social phenomenon that scholars have ignored and one that changes how huge numbers of Americans think not only about the news media but about themselves. Palmer weaves a compelling tapestry of classic social theory, modern scholarship, and outstanding interviews. Built on thoughtful and sensitive research and brimming with insight, Becoming the News is a breakthrough contribution to the fields of sociology and journalism studies. -- David Pritchard, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Ruth Palmer is an assistant professor of communications at IE University in Madrid and Segovia. Her work has been published in Journalism, Journalism Studies, and Literary Journalism Studies. She was also a writer and editor for the Knight Case Studies Initiative at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

• PrefaceAcknowledgments1. Victims of the Press?2. What’s in It for Them? Weighing the Pros and Cons of Becoming a News Subject3. The Interview Stage Part 1: Encountering Journalists4. The Interview Stage Part 2: From Interaction to Story5. Truth (Perceptions) and Consequences: How News Subjects Judge Accuracy and Error6. That’s Me! . . . But It’s Not Me: Aesthetic, Emotional, and Existential Effects of Confronting Our News Selves7. Celebration, Condemnation, Reputation: Audience Feedback as an Indicator of Status and Stigma8. Making the News in a Digital World9. Lessons for Subjects and JournalistsNote on MethodNotesBibliographyIndex

Becoming the News examines the seemingly mundane experience of having been mentioned in the news-an important social phenomenon that scholars have ignored and one that changes how huge numbers of Americans think not only about the news media but about themselves. Palmer weaves a compelling tapestry of classic social theory, modern scholarship, and outstanding interviews. Built on thoughtful and sensitive research and brimming with insight, Becoming the News is a breakthrough contribution to the fields of sociology and journalism studies. -- David Pritchard, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee