Why we love disaster stories
探讨灾难叙事为何吸引人,认为其强调领导者在紧急情况下做出艰难决策的道德层面,对媒体、文学、社会学等领域读者有启发。
The author discusses the popularity of some disaster stories as of March 2014, arguing that disaster narratives are compelling because they often emphasize the moral aspects of the difficult decisions that leaders make in emergency circumstances. Topics include the book Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital, by Sheri Fink, the motion picture Gravity, and the book Trapped Under the Sea: One Engineering Marvel, Five Men and a Disaster Ten Miles Into the Darkness, by Neil Swidey.