Media Events in a Global Age

by Couldry, Nick; Hepp, Andreas; Krotz, Friedrich

• ISBN13: 9780203872604
• ISBN10: 0203872606
• Copyright: 2009-10-20
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Summary

The 'eventization' of the media is increasingly important for the marketing and appreciation of popular media texts. Media Events gives readers an understanding of the major debates in this high-profile area of media and cultural research.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Media Events in Globalized Media Cultures

Media Events Rethought

Beyond Media Events: Disenchantment, Derailment, Disruption

'No More Peace!': How Disaster, Terror and War Have Upstaged Media Events

The History and Future of the Media Event

Historical Perspectives on Media Events: A Comparison of the Lisbon Earthquake in 1755 and the Tsunami Catastrophe in 2004

From Media Events to Ritual to Communicative Form

Media Spectacle and Media Events: Some Critical Reflections

Media Events in the Frame of Contemporary Social and Cultural Media Theory

Creating a National Holiday: Media Events, Symbolic Capital and Symbolic Power

Modalities of Mediation

Media Events, Eurovision and Societal Centers

Media Events and Everyday Identities

Permanent Turbulence and Reparatory Work: A Dramaturgical Approach to Late Modern Television

Media Events and Gendered Identities in South Asia - Miss World Going 'Deshi'

Media Event Culture and Lifestyle Management: Observations on the Influence of Media Events on Everyday Culture

Media Events and Global Politics

In Pursuit of a Global Image: Media Events as Political Communication

9/11 and the Transformation of Globalized Media Events

Eventspheres as Discursive Forms: (Re-) Negotiating the 'Mediated Center' in New Network Cultures

Media Events and Cultural Contexts

Sports Events: The Olympics in Greece

Performing Global 'News': Indigenizing WTO as Media Event

Religious Media Events: The Catholic "World Youth Day" as an Example of the Mediatization and Individualization of Religion Conclusion

The Media Events Debate: Moving to the Next Stage

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