The shock of the news
Subtitle: media coverage and the making of 9/11
By: Brian A. Monahan
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
ISBN-13: 9780814795545; 9780814795552; 9780814796122
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : understanding public drama; title: News as public drama : the era of the endless news cycle; title: Making public drama : telling a good story; title: Framing September 11 : overview of the media and audience's response; title: Seeking sense amid the shock : the coverage on September 11; title: The drama is in the details : dramatic amplification at ground zero; title: A nation's tragedy : cultivating emotionality at ground zero; title: America's heroes : New York firefighters in the spotlight; title: To the stars go the spoils : moral currency and the FDNY; title: September 11 and beyond : public drama in the twenty-first century.