Media Events: The Live Broadcasting of History

by Daniel Dayan

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Constituting a new television genre, live broadcasts of "historic" events have become world rituals which, according to Daniel Dayan and Elihu Katz, have the potential for transforming societies even as they transfix viewers around the globe. Analyzing such public spectacles as the Olympic games, the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana, John F. Kenndy's funeral, the moon landing, and Pope John II's visits to Poland, they offer an ethnography of how media events are scripted, negotiated, performed, celebrated, shamanized, and reviewed.

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0674559568

ISBN13:9780674559561

Release Date:March 1994

Publisher:Harvard University Press

Length:320 Pages

Weight:0.85 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 5.5" x 8.2"

Related Subjects

Arts, Music & Photography Communication & Journalism Communication & Media Studies Film & Television History Humor & Entertainment Media Studies Performing Arts Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences Sociology Television

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