Social Tragedy : The Power of Myth, Ritual, and Emotion in the New Media Ecol...

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Subject: Media Studies, Death, Grief, Bereavement, Sociology / General, Social History, General, Social Psychology height: 0.8 in Item Height: 0.8 in Type: Textbook Item Length: 8.8 in Publication Year: 2014 Series: Cultural Sociology Ser. ISBN: 9781137386137 Book Title: Social Tragedy : The Power of Myth, Ritual, and Emotion in the Ne Publication Name: Social Tragedy : the Power of Myth, Ritual, and Emotion in the New Media Ecology Number of Pages: Xi, 224 Pages width: 5.6 in Author: Stephanie Alice Baker Item Width: 5.6 in Item Weight: 142.5 Oz Language: English Format: Hardcover Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Subject Area: Family & Relationships, Political Science, Social Science, Psychology, History

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Social Tragedy : The Power of Myth, Ritual, and Emotion in the New Media Ecol.... Social Tragedy : The Power of Myth, Ritual, and Emotion in the New Media Ecology, Hardcover by Baker, Stephanie Alice, ISBN 1137386134, ISBN-13 9781137386137, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US A social tragedy is a collective representation of injustice. Baker demonstrates how social tragedies facilitate moral action and discusses a series of contemporary case studies – the death of Princess Diana, Zinédine Zidane's 2006 World Cup scandal, KONY 2012 – to examine their social and political effects. Social Tragedy : The Power of Myth, Ritual, and Emotion in the New Media Ecology, Hardcover by Baker, Stephanie Alice, ISBN 1137386134, ISBN-13 9781137386137, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US A social tragedy is a collective representation of injustice. Baker demonstrates how social tragedies facilitate moral action and discusses a series of contemporary case studies – the death of Princess Diana, Zinédine Zidane's 2006 World Cup scandal, KONY 2012 – to examine their social and political effects.