Cultural Anthropology and Mass Media: A Processual Approach

Coman, Mihaï

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“…It only requires the recognition of these marriages for the sole purpose of enabling such persons to exercise the rights they enjoy under EU law. 178 Indeed, the Court's judgment is an affluent of long-standing constitutional principles, but the application thereof seems not only to perpetuate these principles. Through its case-law, the Court may in fact have created a new space in EU law.…”

Section: Personal Scope Of Family Lifementioning

confidence: 99%

Distinguishing between Use and Abuse of EU Free Movement Law: Evaluating Use of the “Europe-route” for Family Reunification to Overcome Reverse Discrimination

Kroeze¹

2020

European Citizenship Under Stress

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Section: Personal Scope Of Family Lifementioning

confidence: 99%

Distinguishing between Use and Abuse of EU Free Movement Law: Evaluating Use of the “Europe-route” for Family Reunification to Overcome Reverse Discrimination

Kroeze¹

2020

European Citizenship Under Stress

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“…On one hand, maintaining control over a ritualized event requires strategies of ritualization that differentiate between different ways of acting. A controlled way of acting is perceived to be privileged, more important, and powerful (Bell, 1992;Coman, 2005). On the other hand, allowing for flexibility and spontaneity, or even conflict, during a ritualized event is a way of being strategically situational or "a practical way of dealing with some specific circumstances" (Bell, 1992, p. 92).…”

Section: Tensions In Controlmentioning

confidence: 99%

Inside the movie roadshow: a critical approach to media events in China

Min

Reijnders

Kim

2019

Chinese Journal of Communication

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Although face-to-face events starring film professionals have become increasingly popular, they have rarely been studied, especially from the perspective of production. Focusing on the phenomenon of Chinese movie roadshows, this study explores the motivations and techniques used to produce popular media events in the Chinese film industry. Based on expert interviews with 15 media practitioners, the results showed that roadshows are staged as ritualized events that are centered on the performance of a symbolic boundary between "inside" and "outside" the media. Film industry professionals embrace face-to-face communication with audiences and use such events to display sincerity, producing them as a seemingly "unmediated" peek behind the veil of an otherwise hidden world. Moreover, communication on social media is another form of ritualized practice. We conclude that, by thus mediating the "unmediated," movie roadshows offer an insightful perspective on the machinery of media power in China.

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“…The way Warren Jeffs' situation was generalized to the entirety of polygamist groups, most notably through the testimony of past Fundamentalists now antagonistic to the practice, might, in our view, fulfill this disproportion criterion. This interpretation can be linked to theories brought forth in media anthropology studies, such as Coman (2005). This author, who considers mass media to be a system that constructs reality in society through symbolic rationality, considers that modern myths are spread and established by such a system, and more often so in the context of a crisis (p.46, 52, 53).…”

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confidence: 99%

The Use of Reality Television and Social Media by Mormon Fundamentalist Groups: Changing Representations, Minds, and Laws

Vanasse-Pelletier¹

2015

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While the genre of reality television may not be considered as a new medium of communication, the way that some religious minorities found some innovative ways to use this kind of programming in the last 5 years is certainly of interest. In that regard, beginning in 2010 the members of various fundamentalist Mormon communities have chosen to open their lives to the cameras of reality television in an effort to spread a message close to their hearts : that polygamous families are in almost every way completely normal and share the struggles of the typical American family, and that since the scandals of Warren Jeffs, Tom Green and the Lafferty brothers made the news, the media depiction of plural marriage and those who practice it is not representative of the reality of the majority of practicing fundamentalists. The main message of these pro-polygamy activists is to convince the public of their inherent normalcy and they seem to work towards changing the minds of the American people by proving that most women enter freely and willingly into polygamous marriages and find great happiness living in plural families. In addition to disseminating their message through reality shows like Sister Wives (TLC 2010-), My Five Wives (TLC 2014) and Polygamy USA (National Geographic 2013), the families at the center the movement for decriminalization of plural marriage also use blogs to provide information about their unique lifestyle, and some turn to live tweeting during episodes as a way to interact directly with the public. This article describes the interactions between religious fundamentalisms, in this case in the form of polygamous Mormon culture, and information technology. Is also discussed the manner in which the various information transmission strategies used by advocates of plural marriage can lead to effective changes in laws and public policies.

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Cultural Anthropology and Mass Media: A Processual Approach

Cited by 26 publications

References 15 publications

Distinguishing between Use and Abuse of EU Free Movement Law: Evaluating Use of the “Europe-route” for Family Reunification to Overcome Reverse Discrimination

Distinguishing between Use and Abuse of EU Free Movement Law: Evaluating Use of the “Europe-route” for Family Reunification to Overcome Reverse Discrimination

Inside the movie roadshow: a critical approach to media events in China

The Use of Reality Television and Social Media by Mormon Fundamentalist Groups: Changing Representations, Minds, and Laws

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