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New Book Representing Death in the News Journalism, Media and Mortality Folker Hanusch Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan ISBN 9780230230460 £50.00, US$80 ‘In this remarkably lucid and accomplished study Folker Hanusch explores the social construction of death in the news. A must-read for all those interested in how mediated death and dying enters into public life and private thoughts.’ - Simon Cottle, Professor of Media and Communications, Cardiff University, UK Recent years have seen a renewed interest in the relationship between the news media and death. Driven by a perceived ubiquity of death and dying on television, in newspapers and on the internet, many scholars have attempted to more closely examine aspects of this coverage. The result is that there now exists a large body of scholarly work on death in the news, yet what has been lacking is a comprehensive synthesis of the field. This book seeks to close this gap by analyzing the scholarship on death in the news by way of a thematic approach. It provides a historical overview, looks at the conditions of production, content and reception, and also analyzes emerging trends in the representation of death online. This fascinating account provides a much-needed overview of what we currently know about death in the news and offers food for thought for future studies in the field. Folker Hanusch is Lecturer in Journalism in the School of Communication at the University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia. He has worked as a journalist for Australian and German-language newspapers, and has published widely on the topic of death and the news media, including in journals such as Journalism Studies, Mortality and Media International Australia. Available direct from Palgrave Macmillan http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?pid=360787 or from good bookstores, including Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Representing-Death-News-Journalism-Mortality/dp/0230230466 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Representing-Death-News-Journalism-Mortality/dp/0230230466 ------------------------------------- Dr Folker Hanusch Lecturer in Journalism School of Communication Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences University of the Sunshine Coast Maroochydore DC, Qld 4558 Australia Tel: +61 (0) 7 5430 2852 Fax: +61 (0) 7 5430 2883 Email: [log in to unmask] Web: http://www.usc.edu.au/University/AcademicFaculties/ArtsSocialSciences/Staff/038001.htm CRICOS Provider Number: 01595D This communication is intended for the recipient only and should not be forwarded, distributed or otherwise read by others without express permission. The views expressed in this email are not necessarily those of the University of the Sunshine Coast. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA mailing list -------------------------------------------------------- To manage your subscription or unsubscribe from the MECCSA list, please visit: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=MECCSA&A=1 ------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA is the subject association for the field of media, communication and cultural studies in UK Higher Education. Membership is open to all who teach and research these subjects in HE institutions, via either institutional or individual membership. The field includes film and TV production, journalism, radio, photography, creative writing, publishing, interactive media and the web; and it includes higher education for media practice as well as for media studies. This mailing list is a free service from MeCCSA and is not restricted to members. For further information, please visit: http://www.meccsa.org.uk/ --------------------------------------------------------