@article{ref1,
title="Media constructions of mass murder-suicides as drama: The New York Times' Symbolic construction of mass murder-suicides",
journal="International Journal of Phytoremediation",
year="2006",
author="Chesebro, J.W. and McMahan, D.T.",
volume="54",
number="4",
pages="407-425",
abstract="Mass murder-suicides immediately shock and horrify the living. These shocking dimensions quickly dissolve, however, as the motives underlying such acts are explored. This paper presents six symbolic and interrelated characteristics, which have consistently reemerged through The New York Times' reporting of mass murder-suicides to not just describe events surrounding these acts but also create a sense of order and cast these acts as a destructive form of human behavior. Ultimately, the reporting of the mass murder-suicides by the Times represents a series of symbolic strategies and critical perspectives that present the mass murder-suicide as both burlesque and grotesque. © 2006, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1522-6514",
doi="10.1080/01463370601035871",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01463370601035871"
}