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 |
| Publication | New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. |
| Description | 224 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Cultural 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 note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-219) and index. |
| LCCN | 2013040010 |
| ISBN | 9781137386137 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 1137386134 (hardcover) |