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Chapter 1. Exposing police transgression from below -- Chapter 2. The rules of digital media engagement -- Chapter 3. Making meaning of police use of force -- Chapter 4. Negotiating police legitimacy in the digital society -- Chapter 5. The limits of exposure on police accountability -- Chapter 6. The social media test -- Chapter 7. An unpredictable digital future.

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

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

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.

After a nation has transitioned from authoritarianism to democracy, how are democratic norms most effectively fostered and maintained? This book uses as its case study Indonesia after the fall of the dictator Suharto to reveal that a contentious, even scandal-obsessed press can actually prove extremely useful for an emergent democracy. A society that can tolerate and protect journalists willing to expose corruption and scandal among elites is one, the author finds, in which ordinary citizens are willing to believe in and support other democratic institutions. Based on extensive interviews and research in Indonesia, this book offers a new and surprising perspective on the role of the press and the nature of scandal-driven journalism in fledgling democracies.

"Focuses on the under-theorized role of the media to explain why some democratic transitions succeed and others founder and why some lead to consolidation while others either fail outright or settle into a state of pseudo-democracy that often masks an atavistic authoritarianism"--

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.

The author argues 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 government and political parties that drive the process and any excesses that might occur; significant scandals are 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."--Back cover