Media rituals and festive culture: Imagining the nation in Dutch television entertainment

@article{citeulike:2536601, abstract = {* Most research on media rituals is based on the assumption that they fulfil a `natural' need in keeping society together. Recently, different scholars have questioned this `neo-Durkheimian' approach, stating that media rituals should not be interpreted as subservient to an existing society, but as active constructors of social order. This article tries to analyse how national identity is being constructed in the longest-running entertainment programme on Dutch television: Te Land ter Zee. The case study shows how images of the nation come about through interaction and negotiation between various parties. The organization plays a key role in the media ritual, but is still dependent for the end-result on the cooperation of the power configurations, participant performance and the appropriation of the programme by the audience. * 10.1177/1367877907076791}, author = {Reijnders, Stijn }, citeulike-article-id = {2536601}, doi = {10.1177/1367877907076791}, journal = {International Journal of Cultural Studies}, keywords = {cultural\_studies, perfomance, ritual}, month = {June}, number = {2}, pages = {225--242}, posted-at = {2008-03-15 14:22:01}, priority = {2}, title = {Media rituals and festive culture: Imagining the nation in Dutch television entertainment}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1367877907076791}, volume = {10}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2536601 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2536601 TI - Media rituals and festive culture: Imagining the nation in Dutch television entertainment JF - International Journal of Cultural Studies VL - 10 IS - 2 SP - 225 EP - 242 N2 - * Most research on media rituals is based on the assumption that they fulfil a `natural' need in keeping society together. Recently, different scholars have questioned this `neo-Durkheimian' approach, stating that media rituals should not be interpreted as subservient to an existing society, but as active constructors of social order. This article tries to analyse how national identity is being constructed in the longest-running entertainment programme on Dutch television: Te Land ter Zee. The case study shows how images of the nation come about through interaction and negotiation between various parties. The organization plays a key role in the media ritual, but is still dependent for the end-result on the cooperation of the power configurations, participant performance and the appropriation of the programme by the audience. * 10.1177/1367877907076791 KW - cultural_studies KW - perfomance KW - ritual AU - Reijnders, Stijn PY - 2007/06/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1367877907076791 ER -