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T1  - ‘Our words are stronger’ : Re-enforcing boundaries through ritual work in a terrorist news event 
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UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/321811 
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A1  - Sumiala, Johanna; Räisä, Tiina 
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Y1  - 2020 
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AB  - This article investigates the ritual work in terrorist news events, using the Berlin truck attack as a case in point. The article connects with the larger cluster of anthropologically inspired communication research on media events as public rituals in news media and applies digital media ethnography as its method. Fieldwork is conducted in 15 online news sites. The article identifies three key phases through which the ritual work was carried out: the rupture in the news event (ritualised as the... 
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KW  - 518 Media and communications; Berlin truck attack; digital media ethnography; media anthropology; media event; online news; othering; ritual work; terror; Berlin truck attack; digital media ethnography; media anthropology; media event; online news; othering; ritual work; terror; MEDIA 
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