Death of an icon
“Death, tragedy, job losses, factory closures, and falls from grace are all examples of somebody’s bad news being good news for...
Spreading of moral panic
“Moral panics arise, the literature tells us, during troubled, difficult, disturbing, threatening times”(Goode and Ben-Yehuda, 1994, p32)...
Reminder of a threat
“One aspect if the nation itself is that its discourse survives only to extent that it is perceived to be under threat. It is at this...
Front page of suffering
“In the best of people suffering will prompt feelings of pity, mercy or compassion.” (Sanders, 2003, p95) Tabloids are known to emphasize...