‘Our words are stronger’ : re-enforcing boundaries through ritual work in a terrorist news event
| Autor: | Tiina Räisä, Johanna Sumiala |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Media and Communication Studies, Department of Social Research (2010-2017), Helsinki Inequality Initiative (INEQ), P3 - Publics, Politics & Promotions, University Management |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Cultural Studies
History uutiset media-antropologia 518 Media and communications Berlin truck attack 050801 communication & media studies digital media ethnography 0603 philosophy ethics and religion Event (philosophy) MEDIA 0508 media and communications terror terrorismi terrori-iskut Media event ritual work 060303 religions & theology 05 social sciences media Media studies media anthropology 06 humanities and the arts 16. Peace & justice joukkoviestimet media event online news Work (electrical) Terrorism othering |
| Popis: | This article investigates the ritual work in terrorist news events, using the Berlin truck attack as a case in point. The article connects with the larger cluster of anthropologically inspired communication research on media events as public rituals in news media and applies digital media ethnography as its method. Fieldwork is conducted in 15 online news sites. The article identifies three key phases through which the ritual work was carried out: the rupture in the news event (ritualised as the strike), the liminal phase (ritualised as the manhunt) and the reconstitution of order following the attack (ritualised as the mourning). The article concludes with an interpretation of the broader social implications of the ritual work and related naturalisation of ‘friends’ and ‘foes’ and suggests that this type of ritual work contributes to a collective mythologisation of terrorism in news media and society at large. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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