Media Rituals in Eusébio’s Exequies

Authors

  • Samuel Mateus CECL- Nova University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15847/obsOBS1012016784

Keywords:

Media Rituals, Media Events, Ritual Communication, Television, Publicity, Eusébio, Public Mourning,

Abstract

While celebrating collective representation, the media can be seen as spaces of ritualization that are fundamental to the consolidation of wider social values. In this paper we give an empirical frame to the concept of “media rituals” considering it as an entrenched symbolic practice that could be traceable in Eusébio’s exequies television broadcasting. Three sorts of media rituals are identified: rituals dealing with immediacy, rituals dealing with collective prominence and rituals dealing with the revelation of reality. Each media ritual exemplifies how a space of comprehensive ritualization is erected. It is through this generalized and mediated ritualization that the idea of a major social occurrence is refreshed and worked through.

Author Biography

Samuel Mateus, CECL- Nova University

Phd Communication Sciences (Nova University) Post-Doctoral researcher in CECL Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia Scholarship

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Published

2016-03-01

How to Cite

Mateus, S. (2016). Media Rituals in Eusébio’s Exequies. Observatorio (OBS*), 10(1). https://doi.org/10.15847/obsOBS1012016784

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