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‘Our words are stronger’ : re-enforcing boundaries through ritual work in a terrorist news event (2020)


Sumiala, J., & Räisä, T. (2020). ‘Our words are stronger’ : re-enforcing boundaries through ritual work in a terrorist news event. International Journal of Cultural Studies, 23(3), 422-438. https://doi.org/10.1177/1367877919895992


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Julkaisun tiedot

Julkaisun kaikki tekijät tai toimittajatSumiala, Johanna; Räisä, Tiina

Lehti tai sarjaInternational Journal of Cultural Studies

ISSN1367-8779

eISSN1460-356X

Julkaisuvuosi2020

Volyymi23

Lehden numero3

Artikkelin sivunumerot422-438

KustantajaSage Publications Ltd.

JulkaisumaaBritannia

Julkaisun kielienglanti

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1177/1367877919895992

Julkaisun avoin saatavuusEi avoin

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Julkaisu on rinnakkaistallennettu (JYX)https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/74569


Tiivistelmä

This article investigates the ritual work in terrorist news events, using the Berlin truck attack as a case in point. The article connects with the larger cluster of anthropologically inspired communication research on media events as public rituals in news media and applies digital media ethnography as its method. Fieldwork is conducted in 15 online news sites. The article identifies three key phases through which the ritual work was carried out: the rupture in the news event (ritualised as the strike), the liminal phase (ritualised as the manhunt) and the reconstitution of order following the attack (ritualised as the mourning). The article concludes with an interpretation of the broader social implications of the ritual work and related naturalisation of ‘friends’ and ‘foes’ and suggests that this type of ritual work contributes to a collective mythologisation of terrorism in news media and society at large.


YSO-asiasanatjoukkoviestimetmedia-antropologiamediauutisetterrori-iskutterrorismi

Vapaat asiasanatBerlin truck attack; digital media ethnography; media anthropology; media event; online news; othering; ritual work; terror


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OKM-raportointiKyllä

Raportointivuosi2020

JUFO-taso2


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