Consuming Catastrophe : Mass Culture in America's Decade of Disaster /

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"Horrified, saddened, and angered: That was the American people's reaction to the 9/11 attacks, Hurricane Katrina, the Virginia Tech shootings, and the 2008 financial crisis. Timothy Recuber presents a unique and provocative look at how these four very different disasters took a similar pa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Recuber, Timothy, 1978- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2016.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Bevölkerung
Medienkultur
Katastrophe
Mass media > Social aspects.
Mass media and culture.
Disasters > Social aspects.
Disasters > Press coverage.
Civilization.
Mass media > Social aspects > United States.
Mass media and culture > United States.
Disasters > Social aspects > United States.
Disasters > Press coverage > United States.
USA
United States.
United States > Civilization > 21st century.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction. A decade of disaster
  • A history of catastrophe : media, mass culture and authenticity
  • The limits of empathy : Hurricane Katrina and the Virginia Tech shootings
  • The authenticity of fear : September 11 and the financial crisis
  • Memory as therapy : September 11, Hurricane Katrina and online communication
  • Conclusion. The Deepwater Horizon oil spill and disasters still to come.

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