Media Events The Live Broadcasting of History
| Author/creator | Dayan, Daniel Author |
| Other author | Katz, Elihu Author |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Cambridge : Harvard University Press |
| Description | 320 p. ill 08.250 x 05.500 in. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
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| Summary | Annotation <p>Constituting a new television genre, live broadcasts of "historic" events have become world rituals which, according to Dayan and 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.</p> |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 91023691 |
| ISBN | 9780674559561 |
| ISBN | 0674559568 (Trade Paper) Active Record |
| Standard identifier# | 9780674559561 |
| Stock number | 00011705 |