(Re)writing history
Examining the cultural work of the obituary and journalists’ construction of a former president’s legacy
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 7477288 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Kirsten Adams (autor de correspondencia), Kirsten A Eddy (0000-0001-5420-3186, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA) |
| Año | 2020 |
| Volumen | 23 |
| Número | 5 |
| Páginas | 1027-1043 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2020-06-09 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Journalism (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 1464-8849 • E-ISSN: 1741-3001 |
| Editorial | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1464884920929831 |
| OpenAlex | W3034960878 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 8 |
| Referencias citadas | 26 |
This study provides an empirical and analytical look at how obituaries, as a relatively unexplored form of journalism, illuminate the long-term and conscious cultural work that journalists do. Through in-depth qualitative interviews with the elite political journalists who wrote and produced news obituaries for former US President George H. W. Bush, I offer a framework for understanding how journalists rewrite, and ‘recast’, drafts of history and Bush’s legacy. Results show how the obituary form, and the process involved in its creation, functions as a unique opportunity for political journalists – who have, perhaps for decades, covered a politician according to the norms of the profession – to now write about him in a way that they are keenly aware will become part of history. This research illustrates how the role of political or ‘hard-news’ journalism shifts when reporters write their final story about a president
Art history · Elite · George (robot · Journalism · Media studies · Obituary · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Literature, Film, and Journalism Analysis · Media Studies and Communication · Rhetoric and Communication Studies · History · Law
‘I will live by my own policies. I will sleep with a clear conscience. I will sleep in peace.’
Aids, Activism, and the Limits of Journalism
Remembering the future
Honoring lives and legacies
The Circular Circulation of a Standstill
Together We Remember
Journalism After Life
Changing or Reinforcing the “Rules of the Game
Salsa Dancing into the Social Sciences
Placing journalism inside memory — and memory studies
Your story is our story
Why memory's work on journalism does not reflect journalism's work on memory
Posthumous Parallel and Parallax
Reframing the Past as a Cosmopolitan Memory
The Obituary as Collective Memory
Convergence
The Tension Between Professional Control and Open Participation
Print Is Future, Online Is Past
Bridging Collective Memories and Public Agendas
Understanding Journalism Through a Nuanced Deconstruction of Temporal Layers in News Narratives
Journalistic Uses of Collective Memory
Epilogue
A news of feeling as well as fact
Between tradition and change
Of Love and Hate
The Social Context of Commemoration
How many cases do I need
The Sociology of Storytelling
Culture in Interaction
| Obras citantes distintas | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citas por año | 1,6 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Velocidad de citación | current |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 7 |