Constituting a new television genre, live broadcasts of “historic” events have become world rituals which, according to Daniel Dayan and Elihu 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.
- ISBN10 0674559568
- ISBN13 9780674559561
- Publish Date 15 March 1994
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Harvard University Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 320
- Language English