The screens of the sacred or the religious imaginary of Television
The success of technical and communicational system of television, for more than fifty years, is probably due to the fact that it succeeded in replacing the religious. We will show that it renews liturgies, rites of possession, shamanism, and even black magic. These analogies are able to make us und...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Etudes Scientifiques Spécialisées Appliquées aux Communications Humaines, Economiques, Sociales et Symboliques
2011-01-01
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Series: | Essachess |
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Online Access: | http://essachess.com/index.php/jcs/article/view/128/126 |
Summary: | The success of technical and communicational system of television, for more than fifty years, is probably due to the fact that it succeeded in replacing the religious. We will show that it renews liturgies, rites of possession, shamanism, and even black magic. These analogies are able to make us understand human comportment facing television, so often banalized. |
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ISSN: | 2066-5083 1775-352X |