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Catharsis And And Credibility In The Today Media Space

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  • Xenia NEGREA

    (University of Craiova)

Abstract

In this study we aim to analyze how a story is built in today media space. Besides the linguistics norms concerning the meaning issues, the media story is a source of catharsis which can consume psychosocial energies. The public event becomes a media event and so it becomes an aesthetic event. The contemporary soul burns the pain and the anger watching TV, doing symbolic gestures, looking for uniformity. For our case study we chose to analyze the stories around the disaster from a Romanian nightclub; during a concert, a fire started and over 60 people died. We aim to describe the lexical ritual that we identified in the media discourse. We describe the patterns that generate meaning. We show how the subjectivity and the ideology bring closer the media discourse and the fictional one, and so we see that the report on such a tragedy means more empathy and less information, more emotional release and less storage of meanings. We can speak about the haste of a collective self to impose the ritual anger as a unique direction in front of a disaster.

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  • Xenia NEGREA, 2017. "Catharsis And And Credibility In The Today Media Space," Annals of the University of Craiova for Journalism, Communication and Management, Department of Communication, Journalism and Education Sciences, University of Craiova, vol. 3(1), pages 144-162, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:edt:aucjcm:v:3:y:2017:i:1:p:144-162
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    1. Dan Valeriu VOINEA, 2019. "Newsworthiness And The Expectations Of Sources In Health Journalism," Social Sciences and Education Research Review, Department of Communication, Journalism and Education Sciences, University of Craiova, vol. 6(1), pages 222-226, July.
    2. Marius NEGRILĂ, 2019. "The Influence Of Professional Experience On People’S Tendency Towards Workaholism," Social Sciences and Education Research Review, Department of Communication, Journalism and Education Sciences, University of Craiova, vol. 6(1), pages 213-221, July.
    3. Ștefan VLĂDUȚESCU, 2019. "Managerial Style, Determinations And Risks," Social Sciences and Education Research Review, Department of Communication, Journalism and Education Sciences, University of Craiova, vol. 6(2), pages 115-130, November.

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    Keywords

    media; aesthetic; emotion; disaster; drama; catharsis;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • H62 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt - - - Deficit; Surplus
    • H63 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt - - - Debt; Debt Management; Sovereign Debt

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