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986916
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b741286
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Monahan, Brian A.
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The Shock of the News : : Media Coverage and the Making of 9/11.
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New York :: NYU Press,, 2010.
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1 online resource (238 pages)
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0814759572
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: 9780814759578
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0814795544 (cl : alk. paper)
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0814795552 (pb : alk. paper)
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9780814795545 (cl : alk. paper)
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9780814795552 (pb : alk. paper)
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9780814796122 (e-book)
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Acknowledgments; Preface; Part I; 1 Introduction: Understanding Public Drama; 2 News as Public Drama: The Era of the Endless News Cycle; 3 Making Public Drama: Telling a Good Story; Part II; 4 Framing September 11: Overview of the Media and the Audience's Response; 5 Seeking Sense amid the Shock: The Coverage on September 11; 6 The Drama Is in the Details: Dramatic Amplification at Ground Zero; 7 A Nation's Tragedy: Cultivating Emotionality at Ground Zero; Part III; 8 America's Heroes: New York's Firefighters in the Spotlight.
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9 To the Stars Go the Spoils: Moral Currency and the FDNY10 September 11 and Beyond: Public Drama in the Twenty-first Century; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z; About the Author.
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How did the events of September 11, 2001 come to be thought of as 9/11? The Shock of the News is an authoritative account of post-9/11 political and social processes, offering an in-depth analysis of the media coverage of this momentous event. Brian Monahan demonstrates how 9/11 has been transformed into a morality tale centered on patriotism, victimization, and heroes. Introducing the idea of "public drama" as a way of making sense of how media processed and packaged the 9/11 attacks for their audiences, Monahan not only illuminates how and why the coverage took shape as it did, but also prov.
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September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001-- Press coverage.
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September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001, in mass media.
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Terrorism in mass media.
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Terrorism-- Press coverage-- United States.
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Press coverage.
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September 11 Terrorist Attacks (2001) in mass media.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Sociology-- General.
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Terrorism in mass media.
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Terrorism-- Press coverage.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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973.931
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| LC Classification
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HV6432.7 .M66 2010
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AP 16850rvk
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