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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.<i>Media Events</i> 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,
An important work that should be read by everyone in the media and cultural studies and who may be involved in the study of other modern institutions and political processes.
- Eric Rothenbuhler, Contemporary Sociology
The publication of <i>Media Events</i> is itself a media event of great importance to scholars and professionals in broadcasting and electronic media.
- Michael Real, Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media