Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2009
Publisher
University of Southern California * Annenberg Center for Communication
Abstract
The research examines Brazilian, French, and American discourse regarding the events of September 11, 2001. The article illuminates culturally specific constructions of guilt and innocence that emerged in online communities of discourse fora. The fora were hosted by flagship national newspapers in each respective country: O Estado de Sao Paulo, Le Monde, and The New York Times. The study reveals two parallel overarching scripts regarding culpability for 9/11 that appear across the three cases. However, analysis also illuminates differences in the culturally situated tropes used to determine moral concern in each forum. Together, these two levels of analysis uncover how individuals holding similar opinions may substantiate them in culturally specific ways.
Recommended Citation
International Journal of Communication, 3 (2009), 652-667
Comments
Date submitted: 2009-02-10. Available at http://ijoc.org.Frequency - irregular.