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Doing double duty

Paradigm repair and the Princess Diana what-a-story

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ID7477157
AuthorsDan Berkowitz (University of Iowa, corresponding author)
Year2000
Volume1
Issue2
Pages125-143
Publication date2000-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournalism (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1464-8849 • E-ISSN: 1741-3001
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/146488490000100203
OpenAlexW2042521766
LanguageEN
Citations received128
References cited20

This study draws on journalistic discourse about the death of Princess Diana to frame everyday newswork as cultural ritual, and show how some kinds of newswork serve to maintain and restore the core tenets of the culture's beliefs. The study focuses on the ritual of paradigm repair and its particular case employed in what-a-story newswork

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