Deconstruction of destruction stories
Narrative, Inequality, and Disasters
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3898103 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ashleigh E Mckinzie (0000-0002-5302-0182, University of Georgia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 3-22 |
| Publication date | 2017-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Disasters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0361-3666 • E-ISSN: 1467-7717 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/disa.12184 |
| PMID | 26988599 |
| OpenAlex | W2299795313 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 29 |
A commonly-held belief is that natural disasters do not discriminate. This paper, though, poses the following theoretical question: what does the elision of race, class, and gender in the news media say about disasters in the neoliberal era? It draws on the author's analysis of two prominent newspapers-The New York Times and USA Today-and their coverage of the recovery process after devastating tornadoes in two towns in the United States (Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and Joplin, Missouri) in 2011. The study asserts that the narrative of the news media is one with which people are familiar and that it fits into larger 'formula stories'. It utilises theoretical treatments of narrative to demonstrate how differences are erased and how they lead to complicity in hegemonic representations. Critical theory is used to elucidate why this occurs, and the paper sources Goldberg (2002) in suggesting that the news media employs 'fantasies of homogenisation' when representing post-disaster communities
Art · Computer security · Deconstruction (building · Inequality · Injury prevention · Literature · Medical emergency · Narrative · Occupational safety and health · Poison control · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Computer Science · Disaster Management and Resilience · Engineering · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Media Studies and Communication · Medicine · Public Relations and Crisis Communication
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A Tale of Two Cities
Association of parental dissatisfaction and perceived inequality of post-disaster recovery process with child mental health
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The Gendered Terrain of Disaster
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Race and the Politics of Solidarity
Heads above Water
Black Sexual Politics
A Measure of Media Bias
What Is a Disaster
The Angry Earth
Deregulation or democracy? New media, news, neoliberalism and the public interest
Possessive Investment in Whiteness
Manufacturing consent
The Division of Labour in Society
Frame Alignment Processes, Micromobilization, and Movement Participation
The Sociology of Katrina
Reflections
Bringing Social Theory to Hazards Research
Envisioning Dependency
Reading Between the Lines
Metaphors Matter
The big picture
| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,11 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2025 (9) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |