Mediatized public crisis and civil society renewal: The racist murder of Stephen Lawrence

Crime, Media, Culture

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 49-71

  Cottle, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

' society in action'; Media performance; Mediatized public crisis; Moral solidarity; Publics; Ritual; Social drama

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645690500     PISSN: 17416590     EISSN: 17416604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741659005050243     Document Type: Article

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