Media, ritual, and identity /

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Imprint:	London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.
Description:	1 online resource (viii, 265 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Communication and society Communication and society (Routledge (Firm))
Subject:	Katz, Elihu, -- 1926- Katz, Elihu, -- 1926- Television broadcasting of news. Mass media -- Social aspects. Mass media -- Social aspects. Television broadcasting of news. Festschriften.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11201588

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Other authors / contributors:	Liebes, Tamar. Curran, James. Katz, Elihu, 1926-
ISBN:	9780203019122 0203019121 9780415159913 0415159911 9780415159920 041515992X 1280332875 9781280332876 1134721889 9781134721887 9786610332878 6610332878 0203019121 0415159911 041515992X
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	A tribute to Elihu Katz. Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	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.
Other form:	Print version: Media, ritual, and identity. London ; New York : Routledge, 1998
Standard no.:	9780415159920

Table of Contents:

Table of Contents
List of Contributors
Introduction
1. The Intellectual Legacy of Elihu Katz
Section 1. Media and Ritual
2. Mass Communication, ritual and Civil Society
3. Political Ritual on Television: Episodes in the history of Shame, Degradation and Excommunication
4. Televisions Disaster Marathons: A Danger for Democratic Processes?
Section 2. Media and Identity
5. Minorities, Majorities and the Media
6. Particularistic Media and Diasporic Communications
7. The Dialogic Community: "Soul Talks" Among Early Israeli Pioneering Groups
8. The Dialectics of Life, Story and Afterlife
9. Broadcasting in the Third World: From National Development to Civil Society
10. Public Sphere or Public Sphericules?
11. Crisis of Public Communication: A Reappraisal
12. Public Journalism and the Search for Democratic Ideals
13. Promoting Peace Through the News Media: Some Initial Lessons from the Oslo Peace Process
Section 4. Audience Research: Past and Future
14. Relationships between Media and Audiences: Prospects for Audience Reception Studies

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