Cultural Sociology: The Power of Myth, Ritual, and Emotion in the New Media Ecology

Baker, S.

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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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2014-06-05

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781137386137

DOI: 10.1057/9781137379139

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 224