Scandal in a digital age

Author

Additional Author(s)

• Mandell, Hinda
• Chen, Gina Masullo

Publisher

New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016

Language

English

ISBN

9781137597748

Series

Subject(s)

• SCANDALS IN MASS MEDIA
• USER-GENERATED CONTENT
• SOCIAL MEDIA

Notes

. Bibliography: p. 214-215. Index: p. 217-224

Abstract

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” reported in the news. Today, news consumers can see the visual evidence of salacious behavior whether through an illicit tweet or video with a simple click. And we can’t help but click.

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

xvii, 224 p.

Dimension

24 cm.

Other Desc.

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Summary / Review / Table of Content

Introduction: Scandal in an Age of Likes, Selfies, Retweets, and Sexts
Mandell, Hinda (et al.)
Pages 3-14

Scandal’s Role in Creating a Surveillance Culture
Stevens, J. Richard
Pages 15-27

Using Political Scandal to Limit Social Justice
Allen, Neal
Pages 29-40

Chappaquiddick Revisited: Scandal and the Modern-Mediated Apologia
Cos, Grant
Pages 41-51

Televangelism, Audience Fragmentation, and the Changing Coverage of Scandal
Ward, Mark
Pages 53-68

Imagining the Monica Lewinsky Scandal on Social Media
Dahl, David
Pages 69-74

Scandal in the Age of Sexting
Gamson, Joshua
Pages 77-95

Anthony Weiner: A Meditation on the Politics of Prurient Need
Almond, Steve
Pages 97-103

The Topless Professor in the Digital Age
Blaine, Diana York
Pages 105-118

An ‘Office Sex Romp’ and the Economic Motivations of Mediated Voyeurism
Kuehn, Kathleen M.
Pages 119-130

Over-Sharing in a Political Sex Scandal
Chen, Gina Masullo (et al.)
Pages 131-144

Media’s Role in the Rob Ford “Crack-Tape” Scandal
Richardson, Gemma (et al.)
Pages 145-157

Scandal at the Top in TV News
Keith, Susan
Pages 161-172

Political Cartoon Framing of the NSA Snooping Scandal
Conners, Joan L.
Pages 173-183

Evolution of a Modern Sports Scandal
Moritz, Brian
Pages 185-199

Feminist Over-Sharing in the Wake of the Ray Rice Scandal
Matson, Erin
Pages 201-207

Conclusion: Predicting a New Scandal Environment in the Twenty-First Century
Chen, Gina Masullo (et al.)
Pages 209-215

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