Gatekeeping and Narratives about "Cult" Violence: The McDonald’s Murder of 2014 in China

The sociological concept of "gatekeeping," i.e., of filtering news for several purposes, allowing only some to reach the public, is useful to explain how often only negative news about "cults" are published by mainline media. This theory is illustrated through a case study of the...

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Main Author: Introvigne, Massimo 1955- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Philosophy Documentation Center 2018
In: Journal of religion and violence
Year: 2018, Volume: 6, Issue: 3, Pages: 370-387
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