William Randolph Hearst

American newspaper publisher, William Randolph Hearst, built the nation's largest newspaper chain. He was born in San Francisco, to millionaire mining engineer, goldmine owner and U.S. senator (from 1886–91) George Hearst and his wife Phoebe Apperson Hearst. Phoebe Apperson was the first woman advisor of University of California, Berkeley. She funded many anthropological expeditions and founded the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology. William Randolph Hearst dominated journalism for nearly a half century. It began as a small boy, gaining interest while being taught in private schools and on tours of Europe. He would eventually attend Harvard College where the real magic started to happen. He served as an editor for the Harvard Lampoon…

William Randolph Hearst created a media empire after his father, George Hearst gave him the San Francisco Examiner. After that, he battled the Ney York World publisher Joseph Pulitzer by purchasing the New York Journal and earning awareness for his “yellow journalism.” He went into politics during the century’s turn, and won himself two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives but was unsuccessful in his attempt to become President of the United States and New York City’s mayor. These things…

When ‘Citizen Kane’ was originally released in 1941, it gave an insight into the manipulation and distortion of the press by scrutinizing Kane’s desire to gain control. As Kane’s character is based on newspaper magnate, William Randolph Hearst, Welles depicts Kane’s influential media control by exposing the beginning of “yellow journalism” as Kane reiterates Hearst’s famous note, “you provide the prose poems, I’ll provide the war.” Kane’s unethical abuse of media power expressed when Kane states…

evident that Kane comes from a poor home, and before his childhood abruptly ended, he had a happy life. As he gained fame and fortune, his life became less desirable. Kane uses his power and money for the wrong reasons and due to his fame and fortune he essentially gets isolated from the people he knew and had relationships with. Also, Kane dies alone, in the presence of his tangible luxurious things and riches. The movie depicts that successful and rich journalists only have fame and fortune…

gain control within intimate relationships due to the inappropriate channelling of his desire for control due to his inflated position within the world. The lack of control Kane had as a child over his upbringing impacts upon an older Kane’s ability to form relationships founded upon mutual love. The subjectivity of experience negates any claim to an objective truth, undermining a holistic understanding of the protagonist’s true view of himself. However, Citizen Kane’s enduring values lies in…

2.Give your personal response to Citizen Kane. Did you like it? Why or why not? Citizen Kane is one of the best film that I have watched, I enjoyed watching how politics were during that time. The film was released in year 1941 which is known as an American dramatic film which was directed by Orson Welles. Citizen Kane was nominated for an Academy Award but won only the best original screenplay that was played by Herman and welles. The story of this film is a fictionalized pastiche of the life…

Citizen Kane shows the importance of the American media and the influence that it had from1895 to 1941. Citizen Kane describes the life of a media mogul who used his power to achieve his goals and push through his agenda. Citizen Kane was a movie based on a real life media mogul named William Randolph Hearst, who played a major role in controlling the media and influencing politics in the early 20th century. Charles Kane took over a failing newspaper and turned it into one of the most…

took different approaches. Welles demonstrated different filming techniques, used a specific framing device and music to broadcast his theme. Kurosawa sought out elements of nature, lighting and the theatrical role of music to clearly communicate his ideas with the audience. Although these films are completely different, they were both groundbreaking in their use of technique, perspectives and themes. Just two years after the Great Depression Orson Welles released Citizen Kane,…

Beginning where he ends, the last moments of Charles’ Foster Kane’s life, Orson Orwell takes us through the process of piecing together the puzzle of a man’s significance in life. As a debuting director, he does this in a way that is in no way mediocre, and if anything- brilliant. Basing the film off of a real life mogul, William Randolph Hearst, Orwell immerses himself into the work, by acting as the lead – Charles Kane. The dedication and importance he placed in this film is shown through his…

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