Jesus was Married? “SCANDALOUS!” Field Theory in Reporting on a U.S. Religion Scandal
The scandal story reflects an essential journalistic lens to understand culture; scandals circumscribe attention to the norms, values and expectations of a culture. This study explores the nature of the scandal story through an examination of a case in U.S. journalism: the coverage of the now-dispro...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2024
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| In: |
Journal of media and religion
Year: 2024, Volume: 23, Issue: 1/4, Pages: 25-37 |
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| Summary: | The scandal story reflects an essential journalistic lens to understand culture; scandals circumscribe attention to the norms, values and expectations of a culture. This study explores the nature of the scandal story through an examination of a case in U.S. journalism: the coverage of the now-disproved “Gospel of Jesus’ Wife.” This study examines the initial 2012 case of an ancient papyrus scrap alleged to prove that the historical Jesus was married, and that over a period of eight years, was disproved to a complicated backstory of cultural misogyny, academic dishonesty, and a con man. Through the lens of field theory, this study aims to explore how scandal stories help shed a light on how a culture informs a newsroom doxa. |
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| ISSN: | 1534-8415 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of media and religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/15348423.2024.2403951 |
