Social tragedy : the power of myth, ritual, and emotion in the new media ecology / Stephanie Alice Baker.

Author/creator Baker, Stephanie Alice, 1983-
Format Book
PublicationNew York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Description224 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesCultural sociology
Cultural sociology. ^A1093108
Contents Introduction : Plato's challenge -- What is a social tragedy? -- Performing social tragedy : exploring the "new British spirit" a decade beyond the death of Princess Diana -- Recalling social tragedy : staging Zinedine Zidane's transgression on France's postcolonial arena -- Mediating social tragedy : the 2011 English riots and the emergence of the "mediated crowd" -- Mediation as moral education : KONY 2012 -- can social tragedies teach? -- Conclusion : social tragedy's democratic vision.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 203-219) and index.
LCCN 2013040010
ISBN9781137386137 (hardcover)
ISBN1137386134 (hardcover)