Media Scandals
Author: James Lull
Publisher:
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13:
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Scandal and Silence
Author: Robert M. Entman
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2013-08-26
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 0745660525
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis timely and engaging book challenges the conventional wisdom on media and scandal in the United States. The common view holds that media crave and actively pursue scandals whenever they sense corruption. Scandal and Silence argues for a different perspective. Using case studies from the period 1988-2008, it shows that: Media neglect most corruption, providing too little, not too much scandal coverage; Scandals arise from rational, controlled processes, not emotional frenzies - and when scandals happen, it’s not the media but governments and political parties that drive the process and any excesses that might occur; Significant scandals are indeed difficult for news organizations to initiate and harder for them to maintain and bring to appropriate closure; For these reasons cover-ups and lying often work, and truth remains essentially unrecorded, unremembered. Sometimes, bad behavior stimulates an avalanche of media attention with demonstrable political consequences, yet other times, equally shoddy activity receives little notice. This book advances a theoretical model to explain these differences, revealing an underlying logic to what might seem arbitrary and capricious journalism. Through case studies of the draft and military scandals involving Dan Quayle, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and John Kerry; alleged sexual misconduct of politicians including but not limited to Clinton; and questionable financial dealings of Clinton and George W Bush, the book builds a new understanding of media scandals which will be essential reading for anyone concerned with the relationship between media and democracy today.
Scandology 3
Author: André Haller
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2022-01-01
Total Pages: 211
ISBN-13: 3030850137
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book presents research on mediated scandals and substantiates the understanding of such forms of scandals and their impact on societies. Additionally, it connects the study of scandals with the broader fields of political communication research, organizational communication, journalism studies, and digital communication research. The authors focus on the 21st century as an age of perpetual scandalization and on digital technologies as a catalyst in this respect. Against this backdrop, the book examines different aspects of the transformation of mediated scandals through digital communication practices. Topics covered include, but are not limited to, the scandalizing potential of new media and the requirement of modified strategies of reputation management and crisis communication in politics, the entertainment industry, and the economic system among others; a different perspective on professional journalism and scandals created through new media; technological infrastructure and digital tools allowing journalists to establish new means to investigate hard scandals, i.e., substantial financial or political wrongdoings by the economic and political elite. The book, therefore, is a must-read for researchers and scholars from different disciplines, as well as practitioners and policy-makers interested in a better understanding of the study of scandals, their impact on societies, and their catalyzation through new media.
Political Scandal
Author: John B. Thompson
Publisher: Polity
Published: 2000-12-19
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780745625508
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPolitical scandals have become a pervasive feature of many societies today. From Profumo to the cash-for-questions scandal, from Watergate to the Clinton-Lewinsky affair, scandals have come to play a central role in politics and in the shaping of public debate. What are the characteristics of political scandals and why have they come to assume such prominence today? What are the social and political consequences of the preoccupation with political scandal in the public domain? In this major new book Thompson develops a systematic and wide-ranging analysis of the phenomenon of political scandal. He shows that the rise of political scandal is linked to the changes brought about by the development of communication media, which have transformed the nature of visibility and altered the relations between public and private life. He analyses the characteristics of scandals as mediated events and he explains why mediated scandals in the political field have become increasingly prevalent in recent years. Distinguishing between three basic types of political scandal, Thompson reconstructs the development of sex scandals, financial scandals and what he calls 'power scandals' in Britain and the United States, showing how scandals unfold and how they form part of distinctive political cultures of scandal. In the final chapter, Thompson develops an original theoretical account of political scandal and its consequences which highlights the connections between scandal, reputation and trust. This book is a path-breaking analysis of a troubling phenomenon which has become a central feature of public life in our societies today. It will be of great interest to students of sociology, politics, and media and cultural studies. It will also appeal to a wider readership interested in social and political issues.
Political Scandal, Corruption, and Legitimacy in the Age of Social Media
Author: Demirhan, Kamil
Publisher: IGI Global
Published: 2016-12-21
Total Pages: 310
ISBN-13: 1522520392
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe way in which social media is utilized has changed over the years, making it a growing forum for political discussion. Due to this, analyzing relationships between social media and politics can lead to an increased awareness of current political affairs. Political Scandal, Corruption, and Legitimacy in the Age of Social Media is an essential research source for the latest information on national and international political propaganda and opinions spread by technological forums. Featuring expansive coverage on a number of relevant topics and perspectives, such as environmental justice, alternative ideology, and information and communication technologies (ICTs), this publication is ideally designed for researchers, students, and professionals seeking current research on the connection between social media and politics and its impact on modern society.
Media Scandals
Author: James Lull
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9780231111652
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Scandal and Democracy
Author: Mary E. McCoy
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2019-03-15
Total Pages: 370
ISBN-13: 1501731068
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSuccessful transitions to enduring democracy are both difficult and rare. In Scandal and Democracy, Mary E. McCoy explores how newly democratizing nations can avoid reverting to authoritarian solutions in response to the daunting problems brought about by sudden change. The troubled transitions that have derailed democratization in nations worldwide make this problem a major concern for scholars and citizens alike. This study of Indonesia's transition from authoritarian rule sheds light on the fragility not just of democratic transitions but of democracy itself and finds that democratization's durability depends, to a surprising extent, on the role of the media, particularly its airing of political scandal and intraelite conflict. More broadly, Scandal and Democracy examines how the media's use of new freedoms can help ward off a slide into pseudodemocracy or a return to authoritarian rule. As Indonesia marks the twentieth anniversary of its democratic revolution of 1998, it remains among the world's most resilient new democracies and one of the few successful democratic transitions in the Muslim world. McCoy explains the media's central role in this change and corroborates that finding with comparative cases from Mexico, Tunisia, and South Korea, offering counterintuitive insights that help make sense of the success and failure of recent transitions to democracy.
Scandalogy: An Interdisciplinary Field
Author: André Haller
Publisher: Herbert von Halem Verlag
Published: 2018-02-15
Total Pages: 234
ISBN-13: 3869622490
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDie Enthüllung der Panama Papers im April 2016 machte erneut deutlich, welche globale Wirkmacht Skandale entfalten können. Skandale bringen Politiker zu Fall, stürzen Wirtschaftslenker und beenden Sportkarrieren. Sie kommen in jedem gesellschaftlichen Feld vor, führen zu enormer medialer Berichterstattung und zu einer lebhaften öffentlichen Diskussion über Werte und Normen – sie sind ein soziales Phänomen. Als solches stellen Skandale sehr häufig auch einen Forschungsgegenstand unterschiedlicher Wissenschaften dar: Politikwissenschaftler analysieren zum Beispiel die Funktionsfähigkeit von politischen Regeln und Institutionen, die Kommunikationswissenschaft untersucht mögliche Wirkungen von Skandalberichterstattung und den Verlauf von Affären in unterschiedlichen Medien, in der Literaturwissenschaft werden Skandalautoren und ihr öffentliches Verhalten thematisiert, die Soziologie blickt auf den Geltungsbereich gesellschaftlicher Werte und Normen, die sich durch Skandaldiskurse verändern können. Der Band Scandalogy vereint Beiträge internationaler Forscherinnen und Forscher zum Themenfeld ›Skandal‹. Er präsentiert sowohl empirische Studien als auch theoretische Erkenntnisse, die 2016 bei der 1st International Conference in Scandalogy an der Universität Bamberg präsentiert wurden. Die Bandbreite reicht von kommunikationswissenschaftlichen Studien bis hin zu literaturwissenschaftlichen Analysen. Die Vielzahl der Fächer, die sich mit dem sozialen Phänomen des Skandals beschäftigen, zeigt, dass ›Skandalogie‹ ein eigenständiger Forschungsbereich ist.
Peepshow
Author: Larry J. Sabato
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9780742500112
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe line dividing public life and private behavior in American politics is more blurred than ever. When it comes to questions about sex, substance abuse, and family life, anything goes on the political desk in many newsrooms, including uncorroborated hearsay disguised as news. Peepshow looks behind the scenes at news coverage of political scandals, analyzing what gets reported, what doesn't, and why. The authors talk with top news editors to get a fix on what will make the evening news and what we're likely to read about in the next campaign season.
Mediated Scandals
Author: Mark Ludwig
Publisher:
Published: 2016
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9783869622026
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