An imporant work that should be read by everyone in the media and culural studies and may involved in the study of other modern institutions and political processes.
   --Eric Rothenbuhler, Contemporary Sociology

The publication of the Media Eventsis itself a media event of great imporantance to scholars and professionals in broadcasting and electronic media.
   --Michael Real, Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media

Media Events is a feat of scholarship about a medium that tends to defy scholarship. It is a comprehensive, thoughtful, and original delineation of a phenomenon of live television as a powerful social force. This book marks a milestone in the understanding of how we are affected by television.
   --Daniel Schorr, National Public Radio

Daniel Dayan is a Fellow of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris.

Elihu Katz is Trustee Professor at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvannia; Emeritus Professor of Sociology and Communication at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem; and Scientific Director of the Guttman Institute of Applied Social Research.

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