Explaining It to Ourselves: The Phases of National Mourning in Space Tragedy.

Goldzwig, Steve; Dionisopoulos, George N.

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Publication Date: 1986

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Explaining It to Ourselves: The Phases of National Mourning in Space Tragedy.

Goldzwig, Steve; Dionisopoulos, George N.

Central States Speech Journal, v37 n3 p180-92 Fall 1986

Relies on grief literature to develop a heuristic model of patterned stages of national mourning. Applies the model to lend insight into print mediated accounts of the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger. (NKA)

Descriptors: Communication Research, Cultural Context, Discourse Communities, Grief, Mass Media Effects, Media Research, Models, News Media, Rhetorical Criticism, Scientific and Technical Information, Social Behavior

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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