Media coverage of the Bhopal disaster : A cultural myth in the making
International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters
; : 7-33, 1986.
Artigo
em En
| Desastres
| ID: des-2915
Biblioteca responsável:
CR3.1
Localização: CR3.1; DES
ABSTRACT
This content analysis of media coverage of the Bhopal disaster examines the way in which twelve media outlets reported the tragedy. Generally, the media - both television and print outlets - covered Bhopal as a discrete event, giving relatively little time and space to the underlying policy issues centering on technological hazards. Individuals tended to be portrayed as victims, and the powerful actors in the reports were institutions or those who represented them. The majority of coverage ranged from mild to severe in thematic depictions of helplessness. In addition, television's visual portrayal of the event included a large number of images focusing on gas. The overall thematic thrust of the coverage is the creation of a new myth of societal extinction through industrial accident resulting from carefully designed political and economics policies. Individuals, even in democracies, are portrayed as having relatively little control in establishing the policy agenda
Coleções:
Bases de dados temática
Base de dados:
Desastres
Assunto principal:
Vazamento de Resíduos Químicos
/
Índia
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Meios de Comunicação de Massa
Tipo de estudo:
Fatores de risco
País/Região como assunto:
Ásia
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters
Ano de publicação:
1986
Tipo de documento:
Artigo