Connecting after chaos : social media and the extended aftermath of disaster / Stephen F. Ostertag.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ostertag, Stephen F., author.

Series:

NYU Press scholarship online.

NYU Press scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Disasters.

Collective memory.

Blogs.

Hurricane Katrina, 2005--Social aspects.

Hurricane Katrina, 2005.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, [2023]

Summary:

'Connecting After Chaos' provides a riveting portrait of how one community used the power of culture to restore their lives and social connections in the years after a devastating natural disaster.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Preface

Introduction: Desperation and Strength in the Wake of Disaster

1. Settling Times: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Destruction of a City

2. From Personal Disaster and Collective Trauma: The Turn to Blogs

3. Collective Trauma with Blogs: The Growth of a Local Blogosphere

4. Communicating Trauma: The Making and Sharing of Culture Across Blogs

5. The Creation of a Collective Discourse: Forging a New Cultural Resource

6. Blogging and Collective Actions: Mobilizing Over the Settling Period

7. As the City Settles: Predictability, Routine, and Fatigue

8. Communicating Culture: Ritual, Drama, and Blogs

Conclusion: Rethinking Culture and Action

Acknowledgments

Methodological and Theoretical Appendix

Notes

References

Index

About the Author.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-4798-1533-0

OCLC:

1373347507