Media ritual in catastrophic time: The populist turn in television coverage of Hurricane Katrina

Journalism

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 95-116

  Durham, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

De centered power; Populism; Production routines; Professional norms professionalism; Ritual space; Sphere of consensus; Tabloidism

Indexed keywords

EID: 61049123882     PISSN: 14648849     EISSN: 17413001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1464884907084342     Document Type: Article

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