MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01463cam a2200229 a 4500
001 2003003710
003 DLC
005 20040206143522.0
008 030212s2003 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2003003710
020 $a1591020476 (pbk. : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
050 00 $aHD59$b.D49 2003
082 00 $a659.2$221
100 1 $aDezenhall, Eric.
245 10 $aNail 'em :$bconfronting high-profile attacks on celebrities & businesses /$cEric Dezenhall.
260 $aAmherst, N.Y. :$bPrometheus Books,$c2003.
300 $a341 p. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 319-333) and index.
505 0 $aWhy it has become a culture of attack : entitlement and rage -- Main ingredients of allegation : plausibility and resonance -- The need for witch hunts -- Victimhood and the scourge of living -- The attackers -- The two breeds of crisis -- How the media pique the culture's rage -- Schadenfreude and its four stages -- Power, Prozac, and the four stages of schadenfreude -- Legitimate schadenfreude -- The Internet/media attack combination -- Alleging is believing -- The accused face the press -- Dissuasion -- Likability and attack -- No fame, no gain : the desperate lunge for visibility -- Usual suspects : crisis cast of characters and dissuasive facts of life -- The anti-nail 'em -- Icon power -- The limits of spin -- An outlook for damage control.
650 0 $aPublic relations.
650 0 $aCrisis management.