Death in Prime Time
Notes on the Symbolic Functions of Dying in the Mass Media
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 9747754 |
|---|---|
| Autores | George Gerbner (autor correspondente) |
| Ano | 1980 |
| Volume | 447 |
| Fascículo | 1 |
| Páginas | 64-70 |
| Data de publicação | 1980-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Sim |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349 |
| Editora | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/000271628044700109 |
| OpenAlex | W2158165831 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 16 |
The cultural (and media) significance of dying rests in the symbolic context in which representations of dying are embedded. An examination of that context of mostly violent representations suggests that portrayals of death and dying serve symbolic functions of social typing and control and tend, on the whole, to conceal the reality and inevitability of the event
Context (archaeology · Event (particle physics · Mass media · Political science · Prime (order theory · Prime time · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Symbolic interactionism · The Symbolic · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · History · Law · Mathematics · Psychology · Social Psychology
Mending the Gaps
Valuing Those Close to Us
Television news magazine crime stories
Discursive Representation of Victims of Mosque Attacks in Egypt and New Zealand
Framing “self” and “other”
The “Mainstreaming” of America
The big, bad… grim
Death
Graphic death in the news media
Drawing Disney
Death as a Measure of Life
From Entombment to Entertainment
Remembering lives, changing regimes
Murder and Presidential Elections
The Sting of Death in American Society
Publishing the Perished
| Obras citantes distintas | 16 |
|---|---|
| Citações por ano | 0,35 |
| Intervalo de citações | 1980 - 2026 (47) |
| Velocidade de citação | current |
| Altamente citado | Não |
| Tipos de citação | Neutras: 16 |