Media Events in a Global Age

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

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ISBN: 9780203872604 | 0203872606
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Copyright: 10/20/2009

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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.

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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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