Media, Ritual and Identity (Communication and Society) - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 041515992X ISBN 13: 9780415159920

Casa editrice: Routledge, 1998

Riassunto

Media, Ritual and Identity examines the role of the media in society; its complex influence on democratic processes and its participation in the construction and affirmation of different social identities.
It draws extensively upon cultural anthropology and combines a commanding overview of contemporary media debates with a series of fascinating case studies ranging from political ritual on television to broadcasting in the third world.

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L'autore:

Tamar Liebes is Director of the Smart Institute of Communication at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. James Curran is Professor of Communications at Goldsmiths College, London.

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Media, Ritual and Identity examines the role of the media in society; its complex influence on democratic processes and its participation in the construction and affirmation of different social identities. Inspired by the work of Elihu Katz, one of the founding fathers of communications research, Media, Ritual and Identity draws extensively upon cultural anthropology, combining a commanding overview of contemporary media debates with a series of fascinating case studies ranging from political ritual on television to broadcasting in the 'Third World'. The opening group of articles considers the impact of televised 'media events' on viewing communities, and their potential both for affirming community identities and inciting violent factionalism. Other contributors address the ways in which minority groups forge a collective identity for themselves by resisting or transforming their media representation through reinterpretations such as 'queering the straight text'. A final section turns to the fragmentation of public broadcasting as a forum for popular debate, and the growth of media reform movements aiming to restore journalism's function as an aid to democratic thought. Jeffrey Alexander, Ronald Jacobs, Tamar Liebes, Larry Gross, Daniel Dayan, Tamar Katriel, Yoram Bilu, Daniel Hallin, Todd Gitlin, James Curran, Theodore Glasser, Stephanie Craft, gadi Wolsfeld, Son

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• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• ISBN 10: 041515992X
• ISBN 13: 9780415159920
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 276
• Redattore: Curran James, Liebes Tamar