When television becomes the sacred center of the identity community. Media coverage of ceremonial events on Vietnamese Television Cover Image

Quand la télévision devient le centre sacré de la communauté identitaire. La médiatisation des événements cérémoniels à la Télévision vietnamienne
When television becomes the sacred center of the identity community. Media coverage of ceremonial events on Vietnamese Television

Author(s): Thi Thanh Phuong Nguyen-Pochan
Subject(s): Anthropology, Media studies, Nationalism Studies, Identity of Collectives
Published by: ESSACHESS
Keywords: media performativity; nationalism; ritual; TV newscast; Vietnam;

Summary/Abstract: In today’s societies, the sacred center moves from traditional ritual spaces to media space (Couldry). The representation of the King’s two bodies (Kantorowicz) persists in the media coverage of power, in order to legitimize its domination by relying on hegemonic values, and, from a broader perspective, to advocate cultural and identity nationalism. The analysis of the retransmission of two ceremonial events by the Vietnamese TV Newscast attempts to look into this issue.

  • Issue Year: X/2017
  • Issue No: 02
  • Page Range: 53-75
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: French