ABSTRACT
Howard Tumber is Professor in the Department of Journalism at City, University of London, UK. He is a founder and co-editor of Journalism: Theory, Practice and Criticism. He has published widely in the field of the sociology of media and journalism.
Silvio Waisbord is Professor in the School of Media and Public Affairs at George Washington University, USA. He was the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Communication, and he has published widely about news, politics and social change.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|104 pages
Key concepts in media and scandal studies
chapter 3|12 pages
Media coverage of political scandals
Effects of personalization and potential for democratic reforms
part II|86 pages
Political context and media dynamics of scandals
part III|80 pages
Scandals and journalistic practices
chapter 25|9 pages
From Snowden to Cambridge Analytica
An overview of whistleblowing cases as scandals
part IV|126 pages
Themes and settings of media scandals
part V|96 pages
Consequences and legacies of media scandals
chapter 47|10 pages
Protecting public perception
Responding to scandal using Benoit’s image repair theory
