Abstract
This article examines coverage of the airline pilot who safely "ditched" his disabled aircraft in the Hudson River as a hero tale. The paper concludes that the "Sully" stories may be read, collectively, as a chronicle of how a hero behaved, a guide to how a hero should be behave and a case study of journalistic groupthink. News stories are both determined and determinative; that is, in reflecting the culture's mythos, they reinforce that mythos.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 59-81 |
Number of pages | 23 |
Journal | Western Folklore |
Volume | 72 |
Issue number | 1 |
State | Published - Dec 2013 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Cultural Studies
- Anthropology
- History
- Visual Arts and Performing Arts