Iconic Events: Media, Politics, and Power in Retelling History

by Patricia Leavy

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Iconic Events explores the social forces that have shaped the meanings around and enduring significance of events that have captured the public's imagination, including: Titanic, Pearl Harbor, Columbine, and September 11th. The book focuses on three interpretive phases including journalistic representations, political appropriations, and popular adaptations and pays particular attention to the development of dominant and resistive event narratives.

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0739115197

ISBN13:9780739115190

Release Date:June 2007

Publisher:Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury

Length:220 Pages

Weight:1.02 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.4" x 9.1"

Related Subjects

Communication & Media Studies Historical Study & Educational Resources Historiography History Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences

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