The screens of the sacred or the religious imaginary of Television
Journal Title: ESSACHESS - Journal for Communication Studies - Year 2011, Vol 4, Issue 2
Abstract
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 banalised.
Authors and Affiliations
Jean-Jacques WUNENBURGER| Professeur des universités, Institut de recherches philosophiques de Lyon, Université de Lyon 3, France
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