Publications

Publication details [#26912]

Zelizer, Barbie. 1992. Covering the body: The Kennedy assassination, the media, and the shaping of collective memory. University of Chicago Press. 299 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

authority | communication | knowledge | mass media | narrative

ISBN

0-226-97970-9

Annotation

This study demonstrates how the media narratives about JFK's assassination constitute a cultural authority that shapes our collective knowledge.

Reviewed by

Ross, Susan. 1993. Review of $Covering the body: The Kennedy assassination, the media, and the shaping of collective memory.