There is a gunman on campus : tragedy and terror at Virginia Tech / / Ben Agger and Timothy W. Luke |
Autore | Agger Ben |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., , 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (243 p.) |
Disciplina | 364.152/309755785 |
Soggetto topico |
Virginia Tech Shootings, Blacksburg, Va., 2007
School shootings - Virginia - Blacksburg Campus violence - Virginia - Blacksburg |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-4616-6666-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; I PREFACE; CHAPTER One - APRIL 16, 2007 AT VIRGINIA TECH-TO: MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: "A Gunman Is Loose on Campus..."; The April 16 Events; Violence, the Media, and America; Strategies of Response to April 16; Notes; References; CHAPTER Two - MEDIA SPECTACLE AND THE "MASSACRE AT VIRGINIA TECH"; Reading the Spectacle with Critical Social Theory and Cultural Studies; The Shooting and the Politics of Race; Cho's Multimedia Dossier; Guns and Political Scapegoating; Notes; References; CHAPTER Three - MEDIATED RITUAL ON ACADEMIC GROUND
Invasion of Sacred SpaceCivil Religion through Mass Media; Institutional Conflict; Haunted Rituals; Notes; References; CHAPTER Four - PROFILING SCHOOL SHOOTERS AND SHOOTERS' SCHOOLS: The Cultural Contexts of Aggrieved Entitlement and Restorative Masculinity; Profiling Shooters; Profiling Schools; The Aggrieved Entitlement of Seung-Hui Cho; Notes; CHAPTER Five - "VICTIMS SOUGHT IN NEXT WEEK'S SHOOTING"; CHAPTER Six - "WE ARE ALL SEUNG-HUI CHO!": American Social Psychosis and the Virginia Tech Killings; The Mind of a Killer; The Killings in the Context of U.S. History and Culture Social Psychosis from Baghdad to BlacksburgA Hokies' Lament; Notes; References; CHAPTER Seven - SATIRE, GUNS, AND HUMANS: Lessons from the Nacirema; A Swift Prelude; Gulliver among the Nacirema: A Report from the Field; Demons, Ghosts, and Spectacles; A Pervasive Belief in the Supernatural; Miracles and Spectacles; Why? A Hypothesis; Returning from the Field: A Note on Species-Lag; Postscript; Notes; References; CHAPTER Eight - S/HE'S LOST CONTROL?: Damaging a Body of Knowledge; Love Will Tear Us Apart; Digital; Don't Walk Away in Silence; Notes; References CHAPTER Nine - WHEN RHETORIC FAILS: The Heroic Teacher and the Basic Communications CourseThe Figure of the Teacher-Hero; History: An Angel Blown Backwards into the Future; The Basic Communications Course; "The Posteverything Generation"; Note; References; CHAPTER Ten - THERE IS AN UNKNOWN ON CAMPUS: From Normative to Performative Violence in Academia; Observation One: We are Hokies, We Will Prevail; Observation Two: Virginia Tech's Other Tragedy: Everyday Life Shoots Through; Observation Three: From Normative Violence to Performative Violence; Conclusion: Proceed as "Normal"(ized); Notes ReferencesCHAPTER Eleven - THE APRIL 16 ARCHIVE: Collecting and Preserving Memories of the Virginia Tech Tragedy; Technologies of Memory: From Physical to Digital; Memory Bank Infrastructures; Phenomenal Memories; Building the April 16 Archive; Memory Bank Limits and Challenges; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Notes; References; CHAPTER Twelve - COLONIZATION AND MASSACRES: Virginia Tech, Jamestown, Korea, and Iraq; CHAPTER Thirteen - ALL THE RAGE: Digital Bodies and Deadly Play in the Age of the Suicide Bomber; Seeds of Terrorism; Computer Game Violence; Pay-Per-View-Slaughter Terrorism in Second Life |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453722303321 |
Agger Ben | ||
Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., , 2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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There is a gunman on campus : tragedy and terror at Virginia Tech / / Ben Agger and Timothy W. Luke |
Autore | Agger Ben |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., , 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (243 p.) |
Disciplina | 364.152/309755785 |
Soggetto topico |
Virginia Tech Shootings, Blacksburg, Va., 2007
School shootings - Virginia - Blacksburg Campus violence - Virginia - Blacksburg |
ISBN | 1-4616-6666-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; I PREFACE; CHAPTER One - APRIL 16, 2007 AT VIRGINIA TECH-TO: MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: "A Gunman Is Loose on Campus..."; The April 16 Events; Violence, the Media, and America; Strategies of Response to April 16; Notes; References; CHAPTER Two - MEDIA SPECTACLE AND THE "MASSACRE AT VIRGINIA TECH"; Reading the Spectacle with Critical Social Theory and Cultural Studies; The Shooting and the Politics of Race; Cho's Multimedia Dossier; Guns and Political Scapegoating; Notes; References; CHAPTER Three - MEDIATED RITUAL ON ACADEMIC GROUND
Invasion of Sacred SpaceCivil Religion through Mass Media; Institutional Conflict; Haunted Rituals; Notes; References; CHAPTER Four - PROFILING SCHOOL SHOOTERS AND SHOOTERS' SCHOOLS: The Cultural Contexts of Aggrieved Entitlement and Restorative Masculinity; Profiling Shooters; Profiling Schools; The Aggrieved Entitlement of Seung-Hui Cho; Notes; CHAPTER Five - "VICTIMS SOUGHT IN NEXT WEEK'S SHOOTING"; CHAPTER Six - "WE ARE ALL SEUNG-HUI CHO!": American Social Psychosis and the Virginia Tech Killings; The Mind of a Killer; The Killings in the Context of U.S. History and Culture Social Psychosis from Baghdad to BlacksburgA Hokies' Lament; Notes; References; CHAPTER Seven - SATIRE, GUNS, AND HUMANS: Lessons from the Nacirema; A Swift Prelude; Gulliver among the Nacirema: A Report from the Field; Demons, Ghosts, and Spectacles; A Pervasive Belief in the Supernatural; Miracles and Spectacles; Why? A Hypothesis; Returning from the Field: A Note on Species-Lag; Postscript; Notes; References; CHAPTER Eight - S/HE'S LOST CONTROL?: Damaging a Body of Knowledge; Love Will Tear Us Apart; Digital; Don't Walk Away in Silence; Notes; References CHAPTER Nine - WHEN RHETORIC FAILS: The Heroic Teacher and the Basic Communications CourseThe Figure of the Teacher-Hero; History: An Angel Blown Backwards into the Future; The Basic Communications Course; "The Posteverything Generation"; Note; References; CHAPTER Ten - THERE IS AN UNKNOWN ON CAMPUS: From Normative to Performative Violence in Academia; Observation One: We are Hokies, We Will Prevail; Observation Two: Virginia Tech's Other Tragedy: Everyday Life Shoots Through; Observation Three: From Normative Violence to Performative Violence; Conclusion: Proceed as "Normal"(ized); Notes ReferencesCHAPTER Eleven - THE APRIL 16 ARCHIVE: Collecting and Preserving Memories of the Virginia Tech Tragedy; Technologies of Memory: From Physical to Digital; Memory Bank Infrastructures; Phenomenal Memories; Building the April 16 Archive; Memory Bank Limits and Challenges; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Notes; References; CHAPTER Twelve - COLONIZATION AND MASSACRES: Virginia Tech, Jamestown, Korea, and Iraq; CHAPTER Thirteen - ALL THE RAGE: Digital Bodies and Deadly Play in the Age of the Suicide Bomber; Seeds of Terrorism; Computer Game Violence; Pay-Per-View-Slaughter Terrorism in Second Life |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790894603321 |
Agger Ben | ||
Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., , 2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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There is a gunman on campus : tragedy and terror at Virginia Tech / / Ben Agger and Timothy W. Luke |
Autore | Agger Ben |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., , 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (243 p.) |
Disciplina | 364.152/309755785 |
Soggetto topico |
Virginia Tech Shootings, Blacksburg, Va., 2007
School shootings - Virginia - Blacksburg Campus violence - Virginia - Blacksburg |
ISBN | 1-4616-6666-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; I PREFACE; CHAPTER One - APRIL 16, 2007 AT VIRGINIA TECH-TO: MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: "A Gunman Is Loose on Campus..."; The April 16 Events; Violence, the Media, and America; Strategies of Response to April 16; Notes; References; CHAPTER Two - MEDIA SPECTACLE AND THE "MASSACRE AT VIRGINIA TECH"; Reading the Spectacle with Critical Social Theory and Cultural Studies; The Shooting and the Politics of Race; Cho's Multimedia Dossier; Guns and Political Scapegoating; Notes; References; CHAPTER Three - MEDIATED RITUAL ON ACADEMIC GROUND
Invasion of Sacred SpaceCivil Religion through Mass Media; Institutional Conflict; Haunted Rituals; Notes; References; CHAPTER Four - PROFILING SCHOOL SHOOTERS AND SHOOTERS' SCHOOLS: The Cultural Contexts of Aggrieved Entitlement and Restorative Masculinity; Profiling Shooters; Profiling Schools; The Aggrieved Entitlement of Seung-Hui Cho; Notes; CHAPTER Five - "VICTIMS SOUGHT IN NEXT WEEK'S SHOOTING"; CHAPTER Six - "WE ARE ALL SEUNG-HUI CHO!": American Social Psychosis and the Virginia Tech Killings; The Mind of a Killer; The Killings in the Context of U.S. History and Culture Social Psychosis from Baghdad to BlacksburgA Hokies' Lament; Notes; References; CHAPTER Seven - SATIRE, GUNS, AND HUMANS: Lessons from the Nacirema; A Swift Prelude; Gulliver among the Nacirema: A Report from the Field; Demons, Ghosts, and Spectacles; A Pervasive Belief in the Supernatural; Miracles and Spectacles; Why? A Hypothesis; Returning from the Field: A Note on Species-Lag; Postscript; Notes; References; CHAPTER Eight - S/HE'S LOST CONTROL?: Damaging a Body of Knowledge; Love Will Tear Us Apart; Digital; Don't Walk Away in Silence; Notes; References CHAPTER Nine - WHEN RHETORIC FAILS: The Heroic Teacher and the Basic Communications CourseThe Figure of the Teacher-Hero; History: An Angel Blown Backwards into the Future; The Basic Communications Course; "The Posteverything Generation"; Note; References; CHAPTER Ten - THERE IS AN UNKNOWN ON CAMPUS: From Normative to Performative Violence in Academia; Observation One: We are Hokies, We Will Prevail; Observation Two: Virginia Tech's Other Tragedy: Everyday Life Shoots Through; Observation Three: From Normative Violence to Performative Violence; Conclusion: Proceed as "Normal"(ized); Notes ReferencesCHAPTER Eleven - THE APRIL 16 ARCHIVE: Collecting and Preserving Memories of the Virginia Tech Tragedy; Technologies of Memory: From Physical to Digital; Memory Bank Infrastructures; Phenomenal Memories; Building the April 16 Archive; Memory Bank Limits and Challenges; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Notes; References; CHAPTER Twelve - COLONIZATION AND MASSACRES: Virginia Tech, Jamestown, Korea, and Iraq; CHAPTER Thirteen - ALL THE RAGE: Digital Bodies and Deadly Play in the Age of the Suicide Bomber; Seeds of Terrorism; Computer Game Violence; Pay-Per-View-Slaughter Terrorism in Second Life |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813980203321 |
Agger Ben | ||
Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., , 2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The virtual self [[electronic resource] ] : a contemporary sociology / / Ben Agger |
Autore | Agger Ben |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (218 p.) |
Disciplina | 303.4833 |
Collana | 21st-century sociology |
Soggetto topico |
Information society
Sociology |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-281-31032-8
9786611310325 0-470-70173-0 0-470-77337-5 0-470-77517-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Preface; 1 Everyday Life in Our Wired World; 2 Sociology's Encyclopedia; 3 Does Postmodernism Make You Mad or Did You Flunk Statistics? A Chapter on Methodology; 4 Adventures in Capitalism; 5 Girl Talk; 6 Virtually, a Sociology!; Glossary; References; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910144140203321 |
Agger Ben | ||
Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The virtual self : a contemporary sociology / / Ben Agger |
Autore | Agger Ben |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Malden, Massachusetts : , : Blackwell Publishers, , [2004] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (218 p.) |
Disciplina | 303.4833 |
Collana | 21st-century sociology |
Soggetto topico | Information society |
ISBN |
1-281-31032-8
9786611310325 0-470-70173-0 0-470-77337-5 0-470-77517-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Preface; 1 Everyday Life in Our Wired World; 2 Sociology's Encyclopedia; 3 Does Postmodernism Make You Mad or Did You Flunk Statistics? A Chapter on Methodology; 4 Adventures in Capitalism; 5 Girl Talk; 6 Virtually, a Sociology!; Glossary; References; Index |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996199117503316 |
Agger Ben | ||
Malden, Massachusetts : , : Blackwell Publishers, , [2004] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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The virtual self : a contemporary sociology / / Ben Agger |
Autore | Agger Ben |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Malden, Massachusetts : , : Blackwell Publishers, , [2004] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (218 p.) |
Disciplina | 303.4833 |
Collana | 21st-century sociology |
Soggetto topico | Information society |
ISBN |
1-281-31032-8
9786611310325 0-470-70173-0 0-470-77337-5 0-470-77517-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Preface; 1 Everyday Life in Our Wired World; 2 Sociology's Encyclopedia; 3 Does Postmodernism Make You Mad or Did You Flunk Statistics? A Chapter on Methodology; 4 Adventures in Capitalism; 5 Girl Talk; 6 Virtually, a Sociology!; Glossary; References; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910829925403321 |
Agger Ben | ||
Malden, Massachusetts : , : Blackwell Publishers, , [2004] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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