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245 10 a| After tragedy strikesh| [electronic resource] :b| why claims of trauma and loss promote public outrage and encourage political polarization /c| Thomas D. Beamish.;

260 a| Oakland, California :b| University of California Press,c| [2024];

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| Introduction : the politics of public tragedy -- A world at risk : late modernity, vulnerability, and public tragedy -- The political construction of public tragedy : crisis and political communication in an age of blame -- The media's role in public tragedy : media logics, communication ecology, and trauma reporting -- Advocating public tragedy : sympathy, celebrity, and tragic harms -- Conclusion -- Appendix : notes on news media and document analysis.;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 a| "While trauma and loss can occur anywhere, most suffering is experienced as personal tragedy. Yet some tragedies transcend everyday life's sad yet inevitable traumas to become notorious public events: de facto 'public' tragedies. In these crises, suffering is made publicly visible and lamentable. Such tragedies are defined by public accusations, social blame, outpourings of grief and anger, spontaneous memorialization, and collective action. These, in turn, generate a comparable set of political reactions, including denial, denunciation, counterclaims, blame avoidance, and a competition to control memories of the event. While disasters and crises are no more or less common today than in the past, public tragedies now seem ubiquitous. After Tragedy Strikes argues that they are now epochal--public tragedies have become the day's definitive social and political events. Thomas D. Beamish deftly explores this phenomenon by developing the historical context within which these events occur and the role that political elites, the media, and an emergent ideology of victimhood have played in cultivating their ascendence"--c| Provided by publisher.;

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After tragedy strikes why claims of trauma and loss promote public outrage and encourage political polarization / Thomas D. Beamish.

Author/creator	Beamish, Thomas D.
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2024]
Description	pages cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost
Subjects	Psychic trauma--Political aspects. --United States. --21st century. Psychic trauma--Social aspects. --United States. --21st century. Secondary traumatic stress--Political aspects. --United States. --21st century. Secondary traumatic stress--Social aspects. --United States. --21st century. Psychic trauma and mass media--United States. --21st century.

Contents	Introduction : the politics of public tragedy -- A world at risk : late modernity, vulnerability, and public tragedy -- The political construction of public tragedy : crisis and political communication in an age of blame -- The media's role in public tragedy : media logics, communication ecology, and trauma reporting -- Advocating public tragedy : sympathy, celebrity, and tragic harms -- Conclusion -- Appendix : notes on news media and document analysis.
Abstract	"While trauma and loss can occur anywhere, most suffering is experienced as personal tragedy. Yet some tragedies transcend everyday life's sad yet inevitable traumas to become notorious public events: de facto 'public' tragedies. In these crises, suffering is made publicly visible and lamentable. Such tragedies are defined by public accusations, social blame, outpourings of grief and anger, spontaneous memorialization, and collective action. These, in turn, generate a comparable set of political reactions, including denial, denunciation, counterclaims, blame avoidance, and a competition to control memories of the event. While disasters and crises are no more or less common today than in the past, public tragedies now seem ubiquitous. After Tragedy Strikes argues that they are now epochal--public tragedies have become the day's definitive social and political events. Thomas D. Beamish deftly explores this phenomenon by developing the historical context within which these events occur and the role that political elites, the media, and an emergent ideology of victimhood have played in cultivating their ascendence"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2023037641
ISBN	9780520401068 (cloth)
ISBN	9780520401075 (paperback)
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