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“Shaming the Devil!”: Performative Shame in Investigative TV-journalism

“Shaming the Devil!”: Performative Shame in Investigative TV-journalism AbstractThis paper considers the performativity of shaming in investigative TV-journalism. It argues that the construction of shame is not only a constituent element in investigative TV-journalism but also an important factor in pursuing some of its main objectives: establishing morals, exercising social control, reinforcing journalistic identity and ideology, and competing for attention in a diversified media theatre where drama, entertainment and emotional thrills are the hard currency. An empirical study of the Swedish TV programme Uppdrag granskning, is used to inductively propose three categories of shaming and to give some examples of the ways in which shaming is performed. The core of the paper is a theory driven analysis in which the performativity of shaming in investigative TV-journalism is analysed in the light of some converging media and societal trends. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Nordicom Review de Gruyter

“Shaming the Devil!”: Performative Shame in Investigative TV-journalism

Nordicom Review , Volume 34 (s1): 14 – Dec 1, 2013

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Publisher
de Gruyter
Copyright
© 2013 Magnus Danielson, published by Sciendo
ISSN
2001-5119
eISSN
2001-5119
DOI
10.2478/nor-2013-0104
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Abstract

AbstractThis paper considers the performativity of shaming in investigative TV-journalism. It argues that the construction of shame is not only a constituent element in investigative TV-journalism but also an important factor in pursuing some of its main objectives: establishing morals, exercising social control, reinforcing journalistic identity and ideology, and competing for attention in a diversified media theatre where drama, entertainment and emotional thrills are the hard currency. An empirical study of the Swedish TV programme Uppdrag granskning, is used to inductively propose three categories of shaming and to give some examples of the ways in which shaming is performed. The core of the paper is a theory driven analysis in which the performativity of shaming in investigative TV-journalism is analysed in the light of some converging media and societal trends.

Journal

Nordicom Reviewde Gruyter

Published: Dec 1, 2013

Keywords: investigative journalism; shame; social control; morality; identity; performativity

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