Introduction
1. Media Events in Globalized Media Cultures Andreas Hepp and Nick Couldry
Part1: Media Events Rethought
2. Beyond Media Events: Disenchantment, Derailment, Disruption Daniel Dayan
3. 'No More Peace!': How Disaster, Terror and War Have Upstaged Media Events Elihu Katz and Tamar Liebes
Part2: The History and Future of the Media Event
4. Historical Perspectives on Media Events: A Comparison of the Lisbon Earthquake in 1755 and the Tsunami Catastrophe in 2004 Jurgen Wilke
5. From Media Events to Ritual to Communicative Form Eric W. Rothenbuhler
6. Media Spectacle and Media Events: Some Critical Reflections Douglas Kellner
Part3: Media Events in the Frame of Contemporary Social and Cultural Media Theory
7. Creating a National Holiday: Media Events, Symbolic Capital and Symbolic Power Friedrich Krotz
8. Modalities of Mediation Joost van Loon
9. Media Events, Eurovision and Societal Centers Goran Bolin
Part4: Media Events and Everyday Identities
10. Permanent Turbulence and Reparatory Work: A Dramaturgical Approach to Late Modern Television Peter Csigo
11. Media Events and Gendered Identities in South Asia - Miss World Going 'Deshi' Norbert Wildermuth
12. Media Event Culture and Lifestyle Management: Observations on the Influence of Media Events on Everyday Culture Udo Gottlich
Part5: Media Events and Global Politics
13. In Pursuit of a Global Image: Media Events as Political Communication Nancy K. Rivenburgh
14. 9/11 and the Transformation of Globalized Media Events Agnieszka Stepinska
15. Eventspheres as Discursive Forms: (Re-) Negotiating the 'Mediated Center' in New Network Cultures Ingrid Volkmer and Florian Deffner
Part6: Media Events and Cultural Contexts
16. Sports Events: The Olympics in Greece Roy Panagiotopoulou
17. Performing Global 'News': Indigenizing WTO as Media Event Lisa Leung
18. Religious Media Events: The Catholic "World Youth Day" as an Example of the Mediatization and Individualization of Religion Conclusion
19. The Media Events Debate: Moving to the Next Stage Stewart M. Hoover