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Faces of Political Sex Scandal: Investigating Pathways to Penance, Remedy and Resolution through Iconic Scandal
Ist Teil von
Visual communication quarterly, 2014-10, Vol.21 (4), p.236-247
Ort / Verlag
Bloomington: Routledge
Erscheinungsjahr
2014
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Quelle
Taylor & Francis Journals Auto-Holdings Collection
Beschreibungen/Notizen
Public fascination with scandal is often seen as a distraction. Yet when the public pays attention, it embarks on a moral discourse about society's values and norms. In order to examine the unique rhetorical functions of scandal's iconic images, we consider the image of Silda Spitzer standing with her then-husband Eliot at the 2008 press conference where he stepped down as New York governor, as well as the remix, "How to tell if your dog is involved in a sex scandal." Not all images of scandal reach iconic status, but when they do it is because of the rhetorical functions they serve-negotiating incongruities, bringing to light societal issues not readily evident, and providing pathways to penance, remedy, and resolution.