Jade and the journalists: Media coverage of a young British celebrity dying of cancer

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 853-860

  Walter, Tony ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Celebrity; Dying; Heroism; Jade Goody; Journalism; Media; Pathography; Redemption; UK

Indexed keywords

CANCER; MASS MEDIA; MEDIA ROLE; MORTALITY;

ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DYING; ESTHETICS; FAMILY; FEAR; LIFE EVENT; MASS MEDIUM; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PUBLISHING; RACISM; RELIGION; TELEVISION; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77955095529     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.06.003     Document Type: Article

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