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Horrified, saddened, and angered: That was the American people's reaction to the 9/11 attacks, Hurricane Katrina, the Virginia Tech shootings, and the 2008 financial crisis. In Consuming Catastrophe, Timothy Recuber presents a unique and provocative look at how these four very different disasters took a similar path through public consciousness. He explores the myriad ways we engage with and negotiate our feelings about disasters and tragediesfrom omnipresent media broadcasts to relief fund efforts and promises to Never Forget. Recuber explains how a specific and real kind of emotional connection to the victims becomes a crucial element in the creation, use, and consumption of mass mediation of disasters. He links this to the concept of empathetic hedonism, or the desire to understand or feel the suffering of others.The ineffability of disasters makes them a spectacular and emotional force in contemporary American culture. Consuming Catastrophe provides a lively analysis of the themes

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      Publisher: Temple University Press,U.S.
      Publication Date: 01/11/2016
      ISBN13: 9781439913697, 978-1439913697
      ISBN10: 1439913692
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      Book Synopsis
      Horrified, saddened, and angered: That was the American people's reaction to the 9/11 attacks, Hurricane Katrina, the Virginia Tech shootings, and the 2008 financial crisis. In Consuming Catastrophe, Timothy Recuber presents a unique and provocative look at how these four very different disasters took a similar path through public consciousness. He explores the myriad ways we engage with and negotiate our feelings about disasters and tragediesfrom omnipresent media broadcasts to relief fund efforts and promises to Never Forget. Recuber explains how a specific and real kind of emotional connection to the victims becomes a crucial element in the creation, use, and consumption of mass mediation of disasters. He links this to the concept of empathetic hedonism, or the desire to understand or feel the suffering of others.The ineffability of disasters makes them a spectacular and emotional force in contemporary American culture. Consuming Catastrophe provides a lively analysis of the themes

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