Scandal in a Digital Age
Hinda Mandell (Ed.)
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Description for Scandal in a Digital Age
Paperback. Editor(s): Mandell, Hinda. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSR; JPA; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 379.
This book explores the way today's interconnected and digitized world--marked by social media, over-sharing, and blurred lines between public and private spheres--shapes the nature and fallout of scandal in a frenzied media environment. Today's digitized world has erased the former distinction between the public and private self in the social sphere. Scandal in a Digital Age marries scholarly research on scandal with journalistic critique to explore how our Internet culture driven by (over)sharing and viral, visual content impacts the occurrence of scandal and its rapid spread online through retweets and reposts. No longer are examples of scandalous behavior merely ... Read more
This book explores the way today's interconnected and digitized world--marked by social media, over-sharing, and blurred lines between public and private spheres--shapes the nature and fallout of scandal in a frenzied media environment. Today's digitized world has erased the former distinction between the public and private self in the social sphere. Scandal in a Digital Age marries scholarly research on scandal with journalistic critique to explore how our Internet culture driven by (over)sharing and viral, visual content impacts the occurrence of scandal and its rapid spread online through retweets and reposts. No longer are examples of scandalous behavior merely ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137597748
SKU
V9781137597748
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99-15
About Hinda Mandell (Ed.)
Hinda Mandell is Assistant Professor in the School of Communication at Rochester Institute of Technology, USA. She researches news coverage of scandal, and her essays on the topic have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, USA Today, Boston Herald, Palm Beach Post, Politico, and in academic journals, including Women's Studies in Communication, Visual Communication Quarterly, and Explorations in ... Read more
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