Communicating Cultism in the Media: Discursive Sense-Giving of Cult Status
| Autor: | Kyle A. Hammonds, Michael W. Kramer |
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| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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| Zdroj: | Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly. :107769902210887 |
| ISSN: | 2161-430X 1077-6990 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/10776990221088762 |
| Popis: | The term cult has been variously applied to contemporary groups and organizations, marking them as unusual or frightening. Scholarly literature has yet to settle on a concrete conceptualization of cults and reveals little about the communicative processes by which the stigmatizing name becomes attached to certain groups. This study utilizes a constant comparison method to assess qualities associated with groups regularly labeled as cults in the popular press. Results establish a typology of qualities associated with a “cult genre” of speech and illuminate the role of popular narrative in socially constructing stigma. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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