"Mourning in America": ritual, redemption, and recovery in news narrative after September 11

Kitch, Carolyn

doi:10.1080/1461670032000074801

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“…However, this frame never fully prevails. Other crises following from disastrous events around the world have led to more consensual frames (Kitch, 2003) than in this case, but even though elements of disagreement can be identified, a dominant part of the Danish coverage is consensual.…”

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Fonn¹,

Hornmoen²,

Hyde-Clark³

et al. 2017

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Putting a Face on It

Fonn¹,

Hornmoen²,

Hyde-Clark³

et al. 2017

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“…A fair amount of literature exists that theorizes these traumatic phenomena of suffering, but they mainly do so from a memory studies perspective (Zelizer 1998;Kitch 2003;Kitch and Hume 2007;Robinson 2009), hence devoting less attention to the significant role that news media play in the direct aftermath of such events. Additionally, the mostly theoretical literature has not yet been sufficiently matched with substantial and rigorous empirical efforts.…”

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confidence: 99%

When societies crash: A critical analysis of news media’s social role in the aftermath of national disasters

Joye

2018

Journal of Applied Journalism &Amp; Media Studies

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Apart from their primary role as news providers in disaster situations, news media can also assume a broader social role. Drawing on a critically informed qualitative content analysis of the Belgian news reporting on a national disaster, the article reveals a twofold articulation of this social role. The first consisted in newspapers highlighting the emotional dimension with potential societal implications of raising compassion and identification. Second, we found a strong articulation of a discourse of (national) unity and community, aimed at restoring the disrupted social order in the disaster's aftermath. Both aspects were discursively established by a dominant presence of emotional testimonies, strategies of personalization and by the use of inclusive language permeated with references to nation or community. The study highlights the important social role of journalism in disaster situations and events involving human suffering. Keywords

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“…By embedding their reporting in an emotional tone during a disaster, journalists also help to perform a kind of ritual and ceremonial task -that of unifying society at key moments (Kitch, 2003). After the September 11 attacks, for example, a series of themes emerged that helped the public to understand what had happened -those themes, including courage, sacrifice and patriotism, were part of a cultural narrative largely articulated by the media (Kitch, 2003).…”

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“…For example, researchers have shown journalists who covered the September 11, 2001, terror attacks in the United States, caught up in the emotion of the moment, conveyed notions of solidarity, national unity and empathy for those involved (Cali, 2002, Kitch, 2003, Ross, 2003. They also framed how the United States mourned the attack and responded politically, which contributed to a narrowing of that response.…”

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Quake Aftermath: Christchurch Journalists' Collective Trauma Experience and the Implications for Their Reporting

Scanlon¹

2014

Media Peripheries

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On February 22, 2011, Christchurch-based journalists were jolted out of their normal work routine by a large 6.3 magnitude earthquake that killed 185 people, wrecked the city and forced reporters to reappraise their journalism. This study considers how the earthquake affected journalists’ relationship to the community, their use of sources and news selection. A theory of collective trauma is used to explain the changes that journalists made to their reporting practice. Specifically, Christchurch journalists had a greater identification and attachment to their audience post-earthquake. Journalists viewed themselves as part of the earthquake story, which prompted them to view sources differently, use those sources differently and see advocacy as a keystone of their news work after the disaster. This study adds to a growing scholarship about journalists and trauma, but focuses on what the event meant for local reporters’ choice of sources and news selection rather than measuring rates of psychological distress.

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"Mourning in America": ritual, redemption, and recovery in news narrative after September 11

Cited by 97 publications

References 8 publications

Putting a Face on It

Putting a Face on It

When societies crash: A critical analysis of news media’s social role in the aftermath of national disasters

Quake Aftermath: Christchurch Journalists' Collective Trauma Experience and the Implications for Their Reporting

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