Scandology 3: Scandals in New Media

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- References -- Scandals and Digital Publics: Transformations of Power and Visibility -- Social Amplification of Scandals: One Social Media Effect -- 1 The Social Amplification of Risk: One Perspective on Risk Communication -- 1.1 Social Amplification of Risk: The Basics -- 1.2 Critiques of SARF -- 1.3 SARF and Social Media Platforms -- 2 Scandals, Scandalization and Relevance of SARF -- 2.1 Basic Terms: Scandal and Scandalization -- 2.2 Scandalization and SARF -- 3 The Texas A& -- M University Chalk Talk: Tweeting a Scandal -- 3.1 Chalk Talk: The Basics -- 3.2 Scandalization of Chalk Talk -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Scandalous Criticism in the Speakers' Corner: Online and Offline Reactions to Rezo's "The Destruction of the CDU" and Jan Böhmermann's #Neustart19 -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Social Media and Scandals: Theoretical Considerations -- 3 Two Cases of Scandalization of German Political Parties on Social Media -- 4 The Rezo Case -- 5 The Böhmermann Case -- 6 Research Questions: The Spread of Scandal Frames from Social Media to Legacy Media -- 7 Methodology: Analysis of User Comments on Social Media -- 8 Analysis of Rezo's the Destruction of the CDU -- 8.1 The Scandal Frames on Social Media in Rezo's Case -- 8.2 The Spread of Scandal Frames to Legacy Media in Rezo's Case -- 8.3 Spillover into Legacy Media in Rezo's Case -- 9 Analysis of Böhmermann's Satirical Intervention -- 9.1 Scandal Frames on Social Media in Böhmermann's Case -- 9.2 The Absent Spillover of Scandal Frames into Legacy Media in Böhmermann's Case -- 10 Discussion: The Role of Legacy Media in Spreading Scandals -- References -- Are We Living in a Post-scandal Era? High-Choice Media Environments, Political Polarization, and Their Consequences for Political Scandals -- 1 Political Scandal Versus Media Conflict About Misconduct.