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Media Events in the Age of Terrorism and the Internet

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  • Eric W. ROTHENBUHLER

    (Ohio University)

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Since the publication of Dayan and Katz’s (1992) Media Events, several scholars have proposed expanding the model to give more attention to conflict, breaking news, and other forms of political change. Katz himself seems recently to have agreed, suggesting in an essay with Liebes that the era of consensual media events has faded and may have passed, replaced by increasingly frequent and compelling though disruptive broadcasting marathons of disaster, terror, and war (Katz & Liebes, 2007). The argument is not purely historical, though, and also involves a partly implicit conceptual shift from “ceremonial television” to “the live broadcasting of history.” I offer an alternative proposal, conceiving ceremonial television as one example of the larger paradigm of ritual communication. Then that larger paradigm can be used to explain integrative media events, the media role in disruptive events such as terrorist attacks, and routine news as well.

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  • Eric W. ROTHENBUHLER, 2010. "Media Events in the Age of Terrorism and the Internet," Revista Romana de Jurnalism si Comunicare - Romanian Journal of Journalism and Communication, University of Bucharest, Faculty of Journalism and Communication Studies – Universitatea din Bucuresti, Facultatea de Jurnalism si Stiintele Comunicarii, issue 2, pages 34-41.
    • Handle: RePEc:foj:journl:y:2010:i:2:p:34-41
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    1. Johanna Sumiala & Minttu Tikka & Jukka Huhtamäki & Katja Valaskivi, 2016. "#JeSuisCharlie: Towards a Multi-Method Study of Hybrid Media Events," Media and Communication, Cogitatio Press, vol. 4(4), pages 97-108.

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    media events; paradigm; ritual communication;
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