Television and the Meaning of 'Live': An Enquiry into the Human Situation

Acknowledgements vi Preface viii Part one: An introduction to the phenomenology of television Prologue: Heidegger's teacup 3 1. What is phenomenology? 5 2. Available world 14 3. Available self 27 4. Available time 39 5. Turning on the TV set 60 6. Television and technology 78 Part two: Television and the meaning of live 7. The meaning of live 93 8. How to talk on radio 107 9. How to talk on television 128 10. The moment of the goal on television 153 11. Being in the moment: the meaning of media events 177 12. Catastrophe on television 191 13. Television and history 209 Notes 225 References 245 Index 253