Media Events A Critical Contemporary Approach

Media Events: A Critical Contemporary Approach proposes an interdisciplinary and multicultural approach of Dayan and Katz's theory of media events (1992) by applying it to contemporary situations. The contributing authors come from a range of countries (U

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Media Events A Critical Contemporary Approach Edited by

Bianca Mitu University of Wolverhampton, UK

Stamatis Poulakidakos University of Bournemouth, UK

MEDIA EVENTS : A CRITICAL CONTEMPORARY APPROACH Selection, introduction and editorial matter © Bianca Mitu and Stamatis Poulakidakos 2016 Individual chapters © Respective authors 2016 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2016 978-1-137-57427-5

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Contents List of Tables and Figures

vii

Notes on Contributors

viii

List of Abbreviations

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1 Introduction: Media Events – A Never Ending Story Bianca Mitu and Stamatis Poulakidakos

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Part I Disruptive Media Events 2 Media Events in the Aftermath of Terrorism: Exploring How Reporting Templates Produce Social Drama Julian Matthews 3 Tahrir 2011: Contested Dynamics of