An analytical reading of Media Events: The lived event and The built event

Abstract

In this article, we present problematic elements that are closely related to the subject of a media event, by
putting it in a historical and mediatic context necessary for a good understanding of the concept of a media
event. An attempt was made to draw some of the distinctive features of the event, based on its analysis from
various scientific disciplines. This has allowed us to define the central notion that the event is not some
abstract reality, but rather a particularly significant one. Moreover, in contemporary societies, this event
cannot be separated from media coverage and treatment, because it is through the news that reaches us at the
outset that it allows it to be known and collectively identified as an event, thus making it difficult to separate
events from the methods of coverage. Media, through elements that increase the likelihood that some events
will be recorded as broadcastable news as they combine the requirements of the media establishment with
recognized journalistic values.