News images as lived images: Media ritual, cultural performance, and public trauma

Critical Studies in Media Communication

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 457-479

  Coonfield, Gordon ^a   Huxford, John ^b  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

News; Performance; Photojournalism; Ritual; Visual Culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 70849092077     PISSN: 15295036     EISSN: 14795809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15295030903325354     Document Type: Article

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