Representing death in the news : journalism, media and mortality

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Author:

Hanusch, Folker, 1975-

ISBN:

9780230230460

Personal Author:

Hanusch, Folker, 1975-

Publication Information:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

Physical Description:

viii, 199 p. ; 22 cm.

Contents:

Introduction -- A history of news about death -- How news media place values on lives -- Visual displays of death -- The impact of covering traumatic assignments -- Audience responses to death in the news -- Journalism's role in constructing grief -- Representing death in the online age -- Conclusion.

Subject Term:

Death -- Press coverage.

Journalism -- Social aspects.

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Summary

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.