Representing death in the news: journalism, media and mortality

Representing death in the news: journalism, media and mortality

Hanusch, Folker

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This new study maps and synthesizes existing research on the ways in which journalism deals with death. Folker Hanusch provides a historical overview of death in the news, looks at the conditions of production, content and reception,and also analyzes emerging trends in the representation of death online. INDICE: Acknowledgments - Introduction - A History of News About Death - How News Media Place Values on Lives - Visual Displays of Death - The Impact ofCovering Traumatic Assignments - Audience Responses to Death in the News - Journalism's Role in Constructing Grief - Representing Death in the Online Age -Conclusion - Bibliography -

  • ISBN: 978-0-230-23046-0
  • Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
  • Encuadernacion: Cartoné
  • Páginas: 208
  • Fecha Publicación: 13/08/2010
  • Nº Volúmenes: 1
  • Idioma: Inglés