%0 Journal Article %1 sella_journey_2007 %A Sella, Zohar K. %D 2007 %J Studies in Communication Science %K carey classic-work-treatment intellectual internalist katz media-events media-theory religion ritual %N 1 %P 117--138 %T The Journey of Ritual Communication %V 7 %X This essay illustrates developments in the concept of ritual in American communication studies in the past three decades, beginning with James Carey's 1975 essay '' A Cultural Approach to Communication.'' Ritual communication is no longer seen as a static concept counterposed for all time to a '' transmission'' view of communication, but rather as an independent, dynamic and increasingly deromanticized perspective on our contemporary media experience. The former emphasis on its idealized religious and ceremonial origins has given way to an acknowledgment of its complicated and ambiguous social role. While ritual has traditionally been perceived as uniting communities by reflecting and establishing shared meanings, Elihu Katz, Daniel Dayan, Eric Rothenbuhler and James Carey have enriched the concept with notions of power, authority and control.

@article{sella_journey_2007, abstract = {This essay illustrates developments in the concept of ritual in American communication studies in the past three decades, beginning with James Carey's 1975 essay '' A Cultural Approach to Communication.'' Ritual communication is no longer seen as a static concept counterposed for all time to a '' transmission'' view of communication, but rather as an independent, dynamic and increasingly deromanticized perspective on our contemporary media experience. The former emphasis on its idealized religious and ceremonial origins has given way to an acknowledgment of its complicated and ambiguous social role. While ritual has traditionally been perceived as uniting communities by reflecting and establishing shared meanings, Elihu Katz, Daniel Dayan, Eric Rothenbuhler and James Carey have enriched the concept with notions of power, authority and control.}, added-at = {2019-08-29T01:56:31.000+0200}, author = {Sella, Zohar K.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/25d79f16bb5a9f63227ed68136172954e/jpooley}, interhash = {93cdbdfc1ad6797e984d57958b7d1fc8}, intrahash = {5d79f16bb5a9f63227ed68136172954e}, journal = {Studies in Communication Science}, keywords = {carey classic-work-treatment intellectual internalist katz media-events media-theory religion ritual}, number = 1, pages = {117--138}, timestamp = {2019-08-29T01:56:31.000+0200}, title = {The {{Journey}} of {{Ritual Communication}}}, volume = 7, year = 2007 }