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
  • The IJPC Archive of more than 35,000 films and telvision programs, 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.

  • Symposia, exhibits, conferences, classes, and video-audio festivals documenting the image of the journalist in popular culture.
  • Research documenting the public perception of journalists and the journalists' perception of journalists in both fiction and nonfiction media.