Social Tragedy: The Power of Myth, Ritual, and Emotion in the New Media Ecology - Softcover

Book 9 of 27: Cultural Sociology

Baker, S.

 
9781349481491: Social Tragedy: The Power of Myth, Ritual, and Emotion in the New Media Ecology
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Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016

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Synopsis

Preface Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: Plato's Challenge 2. What is Social Tragedy? 3. Performing Social Tragedy: Exploring the "new British spirit" a Decade Beyond the Death of Princess Diana 4. Recalling Social Tragedy: Staging Zinédine Zidane's Transgression on France's Postcolonial Arena 5. Mediating Social Tragedy: The 2011 English Riots and the Emergence of the "mediated crowd" 6. Mediation as Moral Education: KONY 2012 - Can Social Tragedies Teach? 7. Conclusion: Social Tragedy's Democratic Vision References Notes Index

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Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date
2016
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1349481491
ISBN 13 
9781349481491
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
240

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