Journalism in a culture of grief / Carolyn Kitch and Janice Hume.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kitch, Carolyn L.

Contributor:

Hume, Janice.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Journalism--Social aspects--United States.

Journalism.

Journalism--Social aspects.

Death in popular culture.

Grief--Social aspects.

Grief.

United States.

Grief--Social aspects--United States.

Mass media and culture--United States.

Mass media and culture.

Death in popular culture--United States.

Death in mass media.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 247 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, [2008]

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".

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-236) and index.

ISBN:

0415980097

9780415980098

0415980100

9780415980104

OCLC:

82471567

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