Nixon Postmortem
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9763391 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Barry Schwartz (0000-0001-6947-9871, corresponding author), Lori Holyfield |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 560 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 96-110 |
| Publication date | 1998-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0002716298560001008 |
| OpenAlex | W4230695944 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 22 |
Cultural theories of communication and media events transcend naive ideas about the media as mere transmitters of information; however, they attend insufficiently to information itself. Richard Nixon's eulogists outraged his critics as they tried to bring the moral, emotional, and informational aspects of the funeral into balance. Placing the Watergate scandal in the context of Nixon's progressive administration, the eulogists not only affirmed national values and the dignity of the presidency but also provided positive information about Nixon that would have had less impact if communicated outside a symbol-laden state funeral setting. Thus, the Nixon funeral shows why the informational function of media events must occupy a more central place in communication theory
Balance (ability · Context (archaeology · Dignity · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Presidency · Sociology · State (computer science · Symbol (formal · History · Law · Law in Society and Culture · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Philosophy · Psychology · Rhetoric and Communication Studies
Wayward Puritans
The living and the dead
Media, myths, and narratives
Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Constructing the political spectacle
Media Events
The Invention of Tradition
Durkheimian sociology
Radical History Review
Nixon's Good Deed
Nation and Commemoration
Jimmy Carter
America in search of itself
Our Country
Communication as Culture, Revised Edition
The Kennedy assassination and the American Public
The Character of Washington
The Elementary Forms of Religious Life
Reputational Entrepreneurs and the Memory of Incompetence
Conditions of Successful Degradation Ceremonies
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 2002 - 2019 (18) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |