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1 online resource (238 pages) |
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Acknowledgments; Preface; Part I; 1 Introduction: Understanding Public Drama; 2 News as Public Drama: The Era of the Endless News Cycle; 3 Making Public Drama: Telling a Good Story; Part II; 4 Framing September 11: Overview of the Media and the Audience's Response; 5 Seeking Sense amid the Shock: The Coverage on September 11; 6 The Drama Is in the Details: Dramatic Amplification at Ground Zero; 7 A Nation's Tragedy: Cultivating Emotionality at Ground Zero; Part III; 8 America's Heroes: New York's Firefighters in the Spotlight |
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9 To the Stars Go the Spoils: Moral Currency and the FDNY10 September 11 and Beyond: Public Drama in the Twenty-first Century; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z; About the Author |
| Summary |
How did the events of September 11, 2001 come to be thought of as 9/11? The Shock of the News is an authoritative account of post-9/11 political and social processes, offering an in-depth analysis of the media coverage of this momentous event. Brian Monahan demonstrates how 9/11 has been transformed into a morality tale centered on patriotism, victimization, and heroes. Introducing the idea of "public drama" as a way of making sense of how media processed and packaged the 9/11 attacks for their audiences, Monahan not only illuminates how and why the coverage took shape as it did, but also prov |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
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September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 -- Press coverage
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September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001, in mass media.
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Terrorism -- Press coverage -- United States
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Terrorism in mass media.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General.
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Press coverage
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September 11 Terrorist Attacks (2001) in mass media
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Terrorism in mass media
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Terrorism -- Press coverage
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United States
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780814759578 |
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0814759572 |
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9780814796122 |
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0814796125 |
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