Search results

Intro -- Series Editors' Preface -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- About the Author -- Chapter 1: The Social Media Test -- Policing the 2013 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Festival -- Sousveillance, Surveillance and Relative Truths -- 'Digiqueer' Criminology -- The Contributions of this Book -- Local Contingency, Broader Resonance -- Method -- Structure of the Book -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2: Latent Sousveillance and the Rules of Digital Media Engagement -- Digital Abundance and the Jamie Jackson Reed Video -- Narrative Criminology -- Challenging Hegemonic Narratives -- Scandal as Catalyst -- Counter Narratives -- Its 'Just All Media' and Access to Audience -- Two-Way Communication -- Language and Tone -- Authenticity, Risk Management and Reassurance -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Bounding Police Excessive Force Through 'Dynamic Legitimacy' -- Renegotiating Police Legitimacy -- Bounding Police Use of Force -- Differing Perspectives on Police Use of Force -- Avoiding Scrutiny -- Revealing Processes of Criminalization and the 'Truth' of Video -- Vicarious Responsibility -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: Social Media-Generated Police Scandal and the Limits of Outrage -- Veillance Technology, the Digital Sphere and Types of Scandal -- Police Excessive Force, Outrage and Social Media Scandal -- 'Chronic Scandal' and the Limits of Outrage -- Police Scandal and the 2013 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Festival -- Transgression and Publicization -- Velocity, Unpredictability and Outrage -- Responses -- Surprise of the Reacting Group -- Judgements -- The 'Halo' Effect -- Punishing for the 'Careers and Private Lives of Public Figures' -- Criminal, Civil and Administrative Judgements -- The Emotional Complexity of Scandal -- Conclusion -- References.

Introduction; Key concepts in media and scandal studies (Part I); Political context and media dynamics of scandals (Part II); Scandals and journalistic practices (Part III); Themes and settings of media and scandal (Part IV); Consequences and legacies of media scandals (Part V); Chapter 1: Media and scandal; Scandal-saturated societies; Scandals in the digital society; Scandals and globalization in the network society; The consequences of scandals; Conclusions; References

Introduction -- Part 1 - Scandals and Digital Publics: Transformations of Power and Visibility -- Social Amplification of Scandals: One Social Media Effect -- Scandalous Criticism in the Speakers' Corner: Online and Offline Reactions to Rezo's The Destruction of the CDU and Jan Böhmermann's #neustart19 -- Are we living in a post scandal era? High-choice media environments, political polarization and their consequences for political scandals -- Part 2 - Forms, Functions, and Practices of Scandal Reporting in changing Media Environments -- Gossip as journalism and journalism as gossip: A cultural history investigation of two royal sex scandals in Sweden 1890 and 2010 -- Italian newspapers and corruption scandals coverage: the construction of the "parallel trial" -- Part 3 - Scandals, New Media and the Historical Perspective -- Early Modern Sermon and Scandalization? The Sermons of the Jesuit Georg Scherer (1540-1605) -- Revenge for Caligula!" Ludwig Quidde, Wilhelm II and the scandal of 1894 -- Having the Last Laugh: Scandalous Character Assassination in Comedy in Classical Athens and the Current-Day United States -- Part 4 - New Media, Scandals in Culture, and Public Protest -- Hips don't lie: Visual resistance to discoursal normalization of sexual violence in the Israeli SlutWalk movement -- Scandalogy Meets Field Theory. Utilizing Scandal Theory for the Analysis of Journalistic Practices Over Time -- "The Voice Kids" Scandal in Russia: How the Voiceless Found Their Voice.

This book illuminates the personal experience of being at the centre of a media scandal. The existential level of that experience is highlighted by means of the application of ethnological and phenomenological perspectives to extensive empirical material drawn from a Swedish context. The questions raised and answered in this book include the following: How does the experience of being the protagonist in a media scandal affect a person's everyday life? What happens to routines, trust, and self-confidence? How does it change the basic settings of his or her lifeworld?



The analysis also contributes new perspectives on the fusion between interpersonal communication that takes place face to face, such as gossip and rumours, and traditional news media in the course of a scandal. A scandal derives its momentum from the audiences, whose engagement in the moral story determines its dissemination and duration. The nature of that engagement also affects the protagonist in specific ways. Members of the public participate through traditional oral communication, one vital aspect of which is activity in digital, social forums.



The author argues that gossip and rumour must be included in the idea of the media system if we are to be able to understand the formation and power of a media scandal, a contention which entails critiques of earlier research. Oral interpersonal communication does not disappear when new communication possibilities arise. Indeed, it may be invigorated by them. The term news legend is introduced, to capture the entanglement between traditional news-media storytelling and oral narrative

This timely and engaging book challenges the conventional wisdom on media and scandal in the United States. The common view holds that media crave and actively pursue scandals whenever they sense corruption. Scandal and Silence argues for a different perspective. Using case studies from the period 1988-2008, it shows that: Media neglect most corruption, providing too little, not too much scandal coverage; Scandals arise from rational, controlled processes, not emotional frenzies - and when scandals happen, it's not the media but governments and political parties that drive the process and any excesses that might occur; Significant scandals are indeed difficult for news organizations to initiate and harder for them to maintain and bring to appropriate closure; For these reasons cover-ups and lying often work, and truth remains essentially unrecorded, unremembered. Sometimes, bad behavior stimulates an avalanche of media attention with demonstrable political consequences, yet other times, equally shoddy activity receives little notice. This book advances a theoretical model to explain these differences, revealing an underlying logic to what might seem arbitrary and capricious journalism. Through case studies of the draft and military scandals involving Dan Quayle, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and John Kerry; alleged sexual misconduct of politicians including but not limited to Clinton; and questionable financial dealings of Clinton and George W Bush, the book builds a new understanding of media scandals which will be essential reading for anyone concerned with the relationship between media and democracy today.

Prostitution Scandals in China presents an examination of media coverage of prostitution-related scandals in contemporary China. It demonstrates that the subject of prostitution is not only widely debated, but also that these public discussions have ramifications for some of the key social, legal and political issues affecting citizens of the PRC. Further, this book shows how these public discussions impact on issues as diverse as sexual exploitation, civil rights, government corruption, child and youth protection, policing abuses, and public health.In this book Elaine Jeffr.

1. Prostitution, policing and the media in reform-era China -- 2. Forced prostitution : China's contemporary chastity heroes -- 3. Youth prostitution : China's growing sex market -- 4. Male-male prostitution : China's first same-sex prostitution case -- 5. Penalising buyers of sex : China's 'whoring professor' case -- 6. Exposing police corruption : China's virgin prostitute cases -- 7. Questioning police powers : China's prostitution parade -- 8. Regulating prostitution : China's 100 per cent condom use program -- 9. Concluding remarks.