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After tragedy strikes : why claims of trauma and loss promote public outrage and encourage political polarization
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After tragedy strikes : why claims of trauma and loss promote public outrage and encourage political polarization / Thomas D. Beamish.
ISBN
9780520401082
0520401085
9780520401068
9780520401075
Publication
Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2024]
Physical Description
1 online resource ( xiii, 257 pages) : illustrations
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Electronic reproduction. Berlin Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 11, 2024).
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Why claims of trauma and loss promote public outrage and encourage political polarization
De Gruyter University Press eBook 2024.
Other formats
Print version: Beamish, Thomas D. After tragedy strikes Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2024]
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 15, 2024
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction : the politics of public tragedy
A world at risk : late modernity, vulnerability, and public tragedy
The political construction of public tragedy : crisis and political communication in an age of blame
The media's role in public tragedy : media logics, communication ecology, and trauma reporting
Advocating public tragedy : sympathy, celebrity, and tragic harms
Conclusion
Appendix : notes on news media and document analysis.
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