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Abstract

Tlie ´media scandal´ has become a cornerstone of contemporary journalism, and a controversial trend in media perfonnance overall. This article evaluates the notion of media scandal as a mass-mediated, globalized phenomenon of major importance in media and cultural studies. The autliors show how media scandals occupy a theoretical space between morality and desire by tracing the history of scandal, their defining characteristcs, and their role in professional journalism. Tlie article is taken from the edited volume. Media Scandals: Morality and Desire in the Popular Culture Marketplace (Cambridge, UK: Polity Press; New York: Columbia University Press).