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Media Events: The Live Broadcasting of History
Daniel Dayan
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Description for Media Events: The Live Broadcasting of History
Paperback. Analyzing such public spectacles as the Olympic games, the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana, John F. Kennedy's funeral, and the 1969 moon landing, this text offers an ethnography of how media events are scripted, negotiated, performed, celebrated, shamanized and reviewed. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 line illustration, 4 tables. BIC Classification: APT; GTC; HBG; HBLW3; KNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 363.
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.
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.
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
Weight
362g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674559561
SKU
V9780674559561
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About Daniel Dayan
Daniel Dayan is a Fellow of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris. Elihu Katz is Trustee Professor at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvannia; Emeritus Professor of Sociology and Communication at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem; and Scientific Director of the Guttman Institute of Applied Social Research.
Reviews for Media Events: The Live Broadcasting of History
Media Events is a feat of scholarship about a medium that tends to defy scholarship. It is a comprehensive, thoughtful, and original delineation of a phenomenon of live television as a powerful social force. This book marks a milestone in the understanding of how we are affected by television.
Daniel Schorr, National Public Radio An important work that should ... Read more
Daniel Schorr, National Public Radio An important work that should ... Read more