Media Events in a Global Age Book

List of illustrations xi

Notes on contributors xiii

Acknowledgments xv

1 Introduction: media events in globalized media cultures Andreas Hepp Nick Couldary 1

Part I Media events rethouht 21

2 Beyond media events: disenchantment, derailment, disruption Daniel Dayan 23

3 "No more peace!" How disaster, terror and war have upstaged media events Elihu Katz Tamar Liebes 32

Part II The history and future of the media event 43

4 Historical perspectives on media events: a comparison of the Libson earthquake in 1755 and the Tsunami catastrophe in 2004 Jürgen Wilke 45

5 From media events to ritual to communicative form Eric W. Rothenbuhler 61

6 Media spectacle and media events: some critical reflections Douglas Kellner 76

Part III Media events in the frame of contemporary social and cultural media theory 93

7 Creating a national holiday: media events, symbolic capital and symbolic power Friedrich Krotz|95

8 Modalities of mediation Joost Van Loon 109

9 Media events, Eurovision and societal centers Göran Bolin 124

Part IV Media events and everyday identities 139

10 Permanent turbulence and reparatory work: a dramaturgical approach to late modern television Peter Csigo 141

11 Media events and gendered identities in South Asia: Miss World going "Deshi" Norbert Wildermuth 156

12 Media event culture and lifestyle management: observations on the influence of media events on everyday culture Udo Göttlich 172

Part V Media events and global politics 185

13 In pursuit of a global image: media events as political communication Nancy K. Rivenburgh 187

14 9/11 and the transformation of globalized media events Agnieszkastepinska 203

15 Eventspheres as discursive forms: (re-)negotiating the "mediated center" in new network cultures Ingird Volkmer Florain Deffner 217

Part 6 Media events and cultural contexts 231

16 Sports events: the Olympics in Greece Roy Panagiotopoulou 233

17 Performing global "news": indigenizing WTO as media event Lisa Leung 250

18 Religious media events: the Catholic "World Youth Day" as an example of the mediatization and individualization of religion Andreas Hepp Veronika Krönert 265

19 Conclusion: the media events debate: moving to the next stage Stewart M. Hoover 283

Index 300