The media are an inescapable part of our everyday life. Drawing on sociological and anthropological approaches to the study of ritual, Nick Couldry applies the work of theorists to a number of important media arenas.
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Figures and Plates Preface 1. Media Rituals: The Short and the Long Route 2. Ritual and Liminality 3. Ritual Space: Unravelling the Myth of the Centre 4. Rethinking Media Events 5. Media 'Pilgrimages' and Everyday Media Boundaries 6. Live 'Reality' and the Future of Surveillance 7. Mediated Self-Disclosure: Before and After the Internet 8. Beyond Media Rituals? References Index