ISBN:
9780415980098
,
0415980097
,
9780415980104
,
0415980100
Language:
English
Pages:
XXIV, 247 S
,
24 cm
DDC:
302.230973
Keywords:
Journalism Social aspects
;
Grief Social aspects
;
Mass media and culture
;
Death in popular culture
;
Death in mass media
;
Massenmedien
;
Tod
Description / Table of Contents:
At war with nature : coverage of natural disaster fatalities -- Death rites interrupted : responsibility and remembrance in coverage of the Tri-State Crematory scandal and Hurricane Katrina -- Who speaks for the dead? Authority and authenticity in news coverage of the Amish school shootings -- Life and death in a small town : cultural values and memory in community newspaper obituaries -- "It takes a sinner to appreciate the blinding glare of grace" : redeeming the "dark" celebrity -- "We can't keep losing our kids" : fear, blame, and mourning in press coverage of teen deaths -- Mourning "men joined in peril and purpose" : working-class heroism in news report of the Sago miners' story -- "Portraits of grief" and stories that heal : the public funeral for victims of September 11 -- Reporting on "a grieving army of Americans" : citizen testimony in the misremembering of Ronald Reagan -- "All the fellows that went on before me" : tribute, memory, and counter-memory among veterans of "the good war"
Note:
Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke. - Includes bibliographical references and index
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0710/2007004041.html
