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Symbolic Spaces of Everyday Life Cover
By: Stina Bengtsson  
Open Access
|Feb 2017

Abstract

This article presents an analysis of the role of the media in the symbolic construction of work and leisure at home. Dealing with individuals who represent a post-industrial and cultural labour market and who work mainly at home, the analysis focuses upon the ritual transformations of everyday life and the role of the media within it.

Leaning on social interactionist Erwin Goffman and his concepts of regions and frames, as well as a dimension of the materiality of culture, this analysis combines a perspective on media use as ritual, transformations in everyday life and the organization of material space From this perspective, the discussion penetrates the symbolic dimension of media use in defining borders of behaviour and activities in relation to work and leisure at home.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/nor-2017-0234 | Journal eISSN: 2001-5119 | Journal ISSN: 1403-1108
Language: English
Page range: 119 - 132
Published on: Feb 14, 2017
Published by: University of Gothenburg Nordicom
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

© 2017 Stina Bengtsson, published by University of Gothenburg Nordicom
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