Krisen und Skandale können einerseits als Ausnahmesituationen der Mediengesellschaft
betrachtet werden; andererseits treten sie prozessual wiederkehrend auf und beeinflussen …

Political scandals are a conspicuous characteristic of American democracy, and yet they
have received little theoretical attention that might nuance our understanding of their nature …

This chapter reviews the scholarly literature on how social media have changed the way the
news media cover scandal–particularly sexual scandals–and how the news audience …

This chapter summarizes main arguments related to talk scandals, refer to some recent
studies in which the concept has been applied, and discusses the implications of some …

This chapter focuses on political sex scandals, which are typically revelations of extra-
marital affairs and unwanted intrusions into areas of personal domain that politicians want to …

Scholars have long been interested in political scandals. Yet many analyses focus on a
single scandal to better understand the rhetorical features, responses, or effects. This study …

Scandals are more or less a defining trait of contemporary culture. We live in a society where
scandals erupt practically every day, in different spheres of society. Even though there are …

As forgiveness has largely received scholarly attention from the perspective of marketing
studies and quantitative approaches, this thesis aims to recontextualise forgiveness in digital …

This mixed methods longitudinal study explored the everyday information behaviours of
members of the Thirty-eighth (2008–2012) and Thirty-ninth (2013–2017) Parliaments in the …

One of the most common frameworks used within the genre of apologia is Benoit's Theory of
Image Repair. Using its associated typology, the framework enables scholars to examine …