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...

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Published in:	Journal of Visual Literacy Vol. 35; no. 3; pp. 147 - 167
Main Authors:	Mandell, Hinda, Martin, Kelly Norris
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Sep2016
Subjects:	Sex scandals Political corruption Press conferences National Press Club (U.S.) Visual programming languages (Computer science) United States
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost