Media, Ritual, and Identity
London; New York: Routledge (1998), viii, 265 pp.
Contains index
Series: Communication and Society
ISBN 9780415159920 (pbk); 9780203019122 (online)
"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." (Publisher description)
1 The intellectual legacy of Elihu Katz / James Curran and Tamar Liebes, 3
I. MEDIA AND RITUAL
2 Mass communication, ritual, and civil society / Jeffrey C. Alexander and Ronald N. Jacobs, 23
3 Political ritual on television: episodes in the history of shame, degradation and excommunication / James W. Carey, 42
4 Television's disaster marathons: a danger for democratic processes? / Tamar Liebes, 71
II. MEDIA AND IDENTITY
5 Minorities, majorities and the media / Larry Gross, 87
6 Particularistic media and diasporic communications / Daniel Dayan, 103
7 The dialogic community: "soul talks" among early Israeli communla groups / Tamar Katriel, 114
8 Dialectics of life, story and afterlife / Yoram Bilu, 136
III. MEDIA, PUBLIC SPACE AND DEMOCRACY
9 Broadcasting in the Third World: from national development to civil society / Daniel C. Hallin, 153
10 Public sphere or public sphericules / Todd Gitlin, 168
11 Crisis of public communication / James Curran, 175
12 Public journalism and the search for democratic ideals / Theodore L. Glasser and Stephanie Craft, 203
13 Promoting peace through the news media: some initial lessons from the Oslo peace process / Gadi Wolfsfeld, 219
IV. AUDIENCE RESEARCH: PAST AND FUTURE
14 Relationships between media and audiences: prospects for audience reception studies / Sonia Livingstone, 237
I. MEDIA AND RITUAL
2 Mass communication, ritual, and civil society / Jeffrey C. Alexander and Ronald N. Jacobs, 23
3 Political ritual on television: episodes in the history of shame, degradation and excommunication / James W. Carey, 42
4 Television's disaster marathons: a danger for democratic processes? / Tamar Liebes, 71
II. MEDIA AND IDENTITY
5 Minorities, majorities and the media / Larry Gross, 87
6 Particularistic media and diasporic communications / Daniel Dayan, 103
7 The dialogic community: "soul talks" among early Israeli communla groups / Tamar Katriel, 114
8 Dialectics of life, story and afterlife / Yoram Bilu, 136
III. MEDIA, PUBLIC SPACE AND DEMOCRACY
9 Broadcasting in the Third World: from national development to civil society / Daniel C. Hallin, 153
10 Public sphere or public sphericules / Todd Gitlin, 168
11 Crisis of public communication / James Curran, 175
12 Public journalism and the search for democratic ideals / Theodore L. Glasser and Stephanie Craft, 203
13 Promoting peace through the news media: some initial lessons from the Oslo peace process / Gadi Wolfsfeld, 219
IV. AUDIENCE RESEARCH: PAST AND FUTURE
14 Relationships between media and audiences: prospects for audience reception studies / Sonia Livingstone, 237
