IAMCR - International Association for Media and Communication Research

Scandalous! The Mediated Construction of Political Scandals in Four Nordic Countries

S. Allern & E. Pollack (eds.)

The purpose of this book is to spotlight the way in which political scandals in four Nordic countries have been launched, directed, dramatized and interpreted through different genres of journalism – in an interactive tug-of-war between editors and various political actors.

News institutions help to build political careers – and to tear them down. A mediated scandalization process can make the path from power to powerlessness, from a top position to exclusion, very short.