Honor in the face of shame: the semiotics of the American flag at political-sex-scandal press conferences.
Political sex scandals occurred in rapid succession from 2004 to 2011 in the U.S. The press conferences that followed received significant interest from the national press and public. Interestingly, a general pattern occurred where politicians who resigned at the press conference displayed an Americ...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Visual Literacy Vol. 35; no. 3; pp. 147 - 167 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Sep2016
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