Scandals. They're juicy and they sell papers--lots of them. And they're also a topic of interest for second year doctoral student, Hinda Mandell.
"I see scandals are representative of a national culture," says Hinda, a reporter for 5 years herself. "I'm trying to understand scandal as a social concept." When one thinks about it, it's true. Taking a simple look at the newspaper headlines and radio talk show topics, one can see just want sticks in a nation's consciousness.
"You can learn a lot by looking at scandal," she says. Her best example? The prevalence of sex scandals in America. The most recent one on the list? Tiger Woods, of course. "America has very puritan roots," says Hinda, "that's not true of other countries." In the former Soviet bloc, she points out that government corruption, mafia and financial woes that rule the day.
Next time you look at the papers, try to see it as something more than just words on fiber.
Photo credit: Chris Blakely
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