Explaining It to Ourselves: The Phases of National Mourning in Space Tragedy

Authors

Steven R. Goldzwig, Marquette UniversityFollow
George N. Dionisopoulos, San Diego State University

Document Type

Article

Language

eng

Publication Date

1986

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Source Publication

Central States Speech Journal

Source ISSN

0008-9575

Original Item ID

DOI: 10.1080/10510978609368217

Abstract

This essay relies on grief literature to develop a heuristic model of patterned stages of national mourning. This model is applied to lend insight into print mediated accounts of the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger.

Comments

Central States Speech Journal, Vol. 37, No. 3 (1986): 180-192. DOI.

Recommended Citation

Goldzwig, Steven R. and Dionisopoulos, George N., "Explaining It to Ourselves: The Phases of National Mourning in Space Tragedy" (1986). College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications. 385.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/comm_fac/385