¿Es necesario seguir un ritual? explorando los usos sociales de los medios de comunicación
Has media use anything to do with rituals? This question has not gone unanswered in media research. And there is much evidence that some kinds of media use actually liave the fonn and the functions of rituals. Most notably, perhaps, are the so called media events (royal weddings, Olympic Games,...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidad de Colima
2001-01-01
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| Series: | Estudios sobre las Culturas Contemporáneas |
| Online Access: | http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=31601302 |
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| Summary: | Has media use anything to do with rituals? This question has not
gone unanswered in media research. And there is much evidence that
some kinds of media use actually liave the fonn and the functions of rituals.
Most notably, perhaps, are the so called media events (royal weddings,
Olympic Games, state funerals etc.) that can be seen as occasional
ritual celebrations of society, constructed and transmitted by electronic
media. This article is a preliminary study, employing the concept of
ritual on a few extracts from two different empirical studies, one from
Brazil and one from Denmark. First we present some empirical examples
in order to introduce the main concerns of the article. Tlien we define
ritual as a primarily anthropological concept and consider its qualifications
as an analytical tool in media studies. We then go on to a critical
reading of some of the ways the concept of ritual is applied in media
research, and, finally, we re-analyze our empirical examples in order to
point out further theoretical and analytical perspectives. |
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| ISSN: | 1405-2210 |