Social Tragedy [electronic resource] : The Power of Myth, Ritual, and Emotion in the New Media Ecology /
Baker, S.author.
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.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Epigraph; Contents; Series Editor's Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Introduction: Plato's Challenge; Chapter 2 What Is a Social Tragedy?; Chapter 3 Performing Social Tragedy: Exploring the "New British Spirit" a Decade beyond the Death of Princess Diana; Chapter 4 Recalling Social Tragedy: Staging Zinédine Zidane's Transgression on France's Postcolonial Arena; Chapter 5 Mediating Social Tragedy: The 2011 English Riots and the Emergence of the "Mediated Crowd"; Chapter 6 Mediation as Moral Education: KONY 2012-Can Social Tragedies Teach?
Chapter 7 Conclusion: Social Tragedy's Democratic VisionNotes; References; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Political sociology.
Communication.
Civilization—History.
Culture—Study and teaching.
Culture.
Political Sociology.
Media Studies.
Cultural History.
Cultural and Media Studies, general.
Regional and Cultural Studies.
Sociology of Culture.