Rites and Ceremonials: Corporate Video and the Construction of Social Realities in Modern Organizations.

Thralls, Charlotte

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ERIC Number: EJ451270

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1992

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Rites and Ceremonials: Corporate Video and the Construction of Social Realities in Modern Organizations.

Thralls, Charlotte

Journal of Business and Technical Communication, v6 n4 p381-402 Oct 1992

Examines corporate videos as cultural texts, claiming that they function as rites and ceremonials in modern organizations that facilitate organizational socialization. Notes that video-enacted rites can be a valuable tool in communication ethnographies. Defines and analyzes four types of rites: integration, passage, renewal, and enhancement. (SR)

Descriptors: Ceremonies, Communication Research, Discourse Analysis, Ethnography, Films, Higher Education, Organizational Communication, Organizational Culture, Videotape Recordings

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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